Written answers
Thursday, 8 February 2024
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Industrial Development
8. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on progress made to acquire an IDA Ireland purpose built facility in Longford town; and if he will make a statement on...
- Enterprise Support Services
12. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of local enterprise office supported jobs in Cork at the end of 2023; how this compares to 2022, 2021 and 2020...
- Company Closures
13. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the increased level of insolvencies in 2023. [5573/24]
- Enterprise Support Services
14. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for strengthening the capacity of the LEO network to give specialist support to enterprises, with varying needs and regional...
- Employment Rights
15. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what his role is in ensuring full compliance with employment legislation and workers right in the film TV arts and audio visual...
- Small and Medium Enterprises
16. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to review correspondence (details supplied); and what supports are open from his Department to assist struggling SMEs like this. [5551/24]
- Business Supports
18. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on his engagement with the hospitality sector in 2024. [5673/24]
- Climate Action Plan
19. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the delayed actions that his Department is leading on as part of the climate action plan 2023; the proportion that are complete and...
- Job Creation
23. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the funding and job creation measures his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department have undertaken in...
- Construction Industry
24. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Minister has highlighted developing policy to approve new modular construction design technologies that could be deployed in...
- Export Controls
27. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of dual-use export licence applications in respect of end-users in Israel approved by his Department since 7 October 2023;...
- Job Losses
28. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement that has taken place to support workers in VMWare in Ballincollig who face redundancy. [5669/24]
- Climate Action Plan
29. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a progress update on his Department’s actions under Climate Action 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Regional Development
30. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 18 of 23 November 2023, the status of the implementation of the west regional enterprise plan to...
- Enterprise Support Services
31. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of supports that are available to local authorities and community groups for the development of enterprise centres or...
- Energy Conservation
33. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress to develop an approach to the retrofit of the commercial stock as outlined in the climate action plan; the progress on...
- Low Pay
34. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment given the new information from the ESRI on low pay work, if he will consider the abolishment of sub-minimum wage rates; and if he will...
- Trade Agreements
36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on his engagements regarding the Mercosur Trade Agreement. [5744/24]
- Departmental Priorities
37. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 of 23 November 2023, for an update on his Department’s engagement with the Department...
- Industrial Development
39. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the number of IDA and Enterprise Ireland backed jobs and companies in County Mayo; and if he will make a...
- Legislative Programme
40. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the legislative programme. [3494/24]
- Construction Industry
41. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work being done in his Department to promote the use of modern methods of construction; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Business Supports
42. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of County Cork businesses that are likely to qualify for the increased cost of business grant; the discussions his...
- Flexible Work Practices
43. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will give and update on the work that is being done by his Department, with other Government Departments and State agencies; to...
- Artificial Intelligence
44. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a report on the implementation of the National AI Strategy: AI – Here for Good; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Business Supports
45. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his Department’s efforts to support the hospitality sector. [5300/24]
- Industrial Development
46. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA supported jobs in Clare at the end of 2023; how this compares to 2020, 2021 and 2022 respectively; and if he will...
- Job Creation
47. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new IDA, Enterprise Ireland jobs created in each county for the past ten years. [5286/24]
- Regional Development
49. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the Midlands Regional Enterprise Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5449/24]
- Export Controls
51. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how many dual-use licences were issued to exporters to trade in dual-use items with Israel since October 2023; if he has any concern...
- Business Supports
55. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has liaised with the Garda Commissioner regarding safety measures for businesses employing members of the migrant community in...
- Flexible Work Practices
56. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how many remote work places exist in each county in the country, for the past five years. [5287/24]
- Trade Data
57. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment position regarding the continuing decline in Irish overall exports over the past two years; what evaluation his Department is doing to...
- Regional Development
59. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the south east enterprise plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5510/24]
- Flood Relief Schemes
60. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total amount of expenditure dispensed through the Red Cross to victims of flooding last year; and if he will make a statement on...
- Business Supports
62. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has analysed to the main sources of pressure on business costs at present, and how he believes these might best be addressed....
- Work Permits
65. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position on the single application procedure for a combined employment and residence permit; his engagement to date with the...
- National Minimum Wage
66. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment given that an increasing number of employers are in breach of national minimum wage laws, but the number of prosecutions is low, how...
- White Papers
68. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department took to consult with Disabled Persons Organisations, in line with Article 4 (3) of the United Nations...
- Co-operative Sector
69. 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. [5451/24]
- Work Permits
71. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 17 of 23 November 2023, for an update on plans to remove dental nurses from the ineligible...
- Export Controls
74. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in light of the order of provisional measures of 26 January 2024 by the International Justice in the case of South Africa v. Israel,...
- Business Supports
76. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the on the implementation of the non-financial reporting directive and what supports will be available to help...
- Wage-setting Mechanisms
77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the recent round of collective bargaining has agreed a significant increase in wages across the public service sector which will guide...
- Industrial Development
78. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the awarding of a tender for the construction of an advanced manufacturing factory at Marlinstown Business Park,...
- Job Creation
79. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the funding and job creation measures his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department have undertaken in County...
- Small and Medium Enterprises
80. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to ensure small businesses can remain solvent given the increase in overheads including electricity, gas,...
- Intellectual Property
81. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what progress he is making in addressing the concerns of actors, performers, writers and directors in the film and TV industry in...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Expenditure Policy
89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform given the need for large supplementary estimates in health and education in 2023, the steps he will take to avoid underestimates of...
- Climate Action Plan
91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform about delayed actions that his Department is leading on as part of the climate action plan 2023; what proportion are complete and what...
- Public Expenditure Policy
96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform what programmes of public expenditure will be subject to evaluation in the coming year and whether this process needs to be reformed....
- Flood Relief Schemes
97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of flood relief and river drainage works that the OPW will undertake in County Clare this year; and if he will...
- Public Services Provision
99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to report on the progress being made to digitalise public services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5332/24]
- Public Sector Pay
100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform what reforms were negotiated as part of the new collective pay agreement for the public service; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Flood Relief Schemes
101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when works will commence on a Flood Relief Project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5699/24]
- National Development Plan
103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on his Department’s priorities, with regard to the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on...
- Flood Relief Schemes
105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 27 of 28 November 2023, the status of the review by the Coirib go Cósta steering group of the...
- National Development Plan
106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform about the national development plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5680/24]
- Public Sector Pay
108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the new public sector pay agreement talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5729/24]
- National Development Plan
109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline predicted capital spend for delivery of projects contained in the National Development Plan 2021-2030 for County Donegal up...
- Coastal Protection
111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an overview of works planned to alleviate coastal erosion in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Expenditure Policy
112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will be conducting a spending review in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5553/24]
- Public Procurement Contracts
113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the National Development Finance Agency’s examination of construction contracts won by constructions...
- Brexit Supports
114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the allocations made by his Department under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve; the Departments to which funds were allocated; and the...
- Flood Relief Schemes
115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to the Topical Issue debate of 23 January 2024, to outline the progress made to date with the Midleton flood relief scheme; and...
- National Development Plan
116. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which issues are being considered which are most likely to have an impact on improving delivery on the National...
- Ethics in Public Office
117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the Government’s review of the Standards in Public Office Commission and the Freedom of Information Act; and if...
- Flood Relief Schemes
118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding available to Monaghan County Council for flood relief projects under Budget 2024. [5754/24]
- Public Expenditure Policy
119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether the budgeting process operated by his Department promotes innovation to a sufficient extent; and if he will make a statement on...
- Flood Risk Management
120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the progress of flood defences planned for Dundalk Bay, County Louth; to outline if additional funding will be made...
- Public Expenditure Policy
121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform how public expenditure in Ireland on social protection, on health and on education compares to other EU countries with similar...
- Flood Relief Schemes
122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the funding schemes under the remit of his Department that are available to assist local authorities with minor drainage...
- Office of Public Works
123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position on the tendering process to progress works for a Garda Station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Sector Staff
124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform what considerations he has given to the proposed four day work week across the public sector as raised by multiple trade unions; and if...
- Flood Risk Management
126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further toParliamentary Question No. 378 of 17 January 2024, if his Department has received an updated application from Cork County...
- Public Procurement Contracts
127. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he continues to take action to expand and improve the public procurement process in a way that is appropriate to the...
- Cross-Border Co-operation
128. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the outcome of recent discussions with the authorities in Northern Ireland in relation to flooding problems in Cavan and Fermanagh...
- Office of Public Works
130. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a plan or strategy in place for the Office of Public Works to reduce the reliance on leased properties; and if he will make...
- Flood Risk Management
131. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider inviting a representative of the Save our Shannon group onto the CFRAMS implementation group; and if he will make a...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts made to ensure that Irish passport cards are compatible with e-gates in other European and EEA states; and if he will make a...
- Middle East
133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if his Department will engage with the family of the person...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Renewable Energy Generation
136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider outlining the renewable electricity support scheme and offshore renewable electricity support...
- Wind Energy Generation
137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the progress of the designated maritime area plans for offshore wind to date; if there are plans...
- Energy Policy
139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the initiatives his Department is taking to increase the number of energy customers to adopt a smart tariff; and if he...
- Energy Conservation
140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he gathers data on the number of households that are on a smart tariff following completion of a retrofit as part of...
- North-South Interconnector
141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a reply will issue to the elected members of Monaghan County Council regarding their letter (details supplied) in...
- Climate Action Plan
142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment about delayed actions that his Department is leading on as part of the climate action plan 2023, what proportion are...
- Energy Conservation
143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the work his Department is doing to ensure that Ireland will meet its 2030 target of 500,000 dwellings to B2 BER status...
- Climate Change Policy
144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 12 December 2023, if his Department has funding options for community and...
- Recycling Policy
145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures that are in place for the deposit return scheme for housebound or disabled persons who shop for groceries...
- Department of Defence
- Naval Service
146. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has been contacted by local authorities interested in acquiring the decommissioned naval vessel, LÉ Éithne, to be...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Network
152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide his Department’s approved budget figures for the purposes of road maintenance and new road developments...
- Departmental Correspondence
153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a reply will issue to the elected members of Monaghan County Council regarding their letter (details supplied) in relation to...
- Road Projects
155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5879/24]
- Active Travel
157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department and the NTA will review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5916/24]
- Vehicle Registration Tax
158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 459 of 21 April 2021 and 313 of 30 November 2023, the current steps being taken to address the...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
159. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding the...
- Tax Reliefs
162. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of unclaimed tax reliefs in each of the years 2019 to 2023; and a breakdown of the estimated amount by individual relief, that is,...
- Tax Credits
163. To ask the Minister for Finance the last time a budget increased the blind persons tax credit. [5835/24]
- Tax Rebates
165. To ask the Minister for Finance when a person in County Cork (details supplied) will receive their VAT refund. [5934/24]
- Financial Services
166. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of complaints made with regard to the operation and services provided by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman in 2019, 2020, 2021,...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Legislative Programme
170. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the legislative programme. [3500/24]
- Public Sector Pay
171. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the first year cost of the recently announced and proposed public sector pay deal; and if, following its implementation, it will require...
- Public Sector Staff
172. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is considering the high cost of accommodation as a significant factor in recruitment and retention challenges; and what...
- National Development Plan
173. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider the establishment of a state-run construction company to assist in achieving the National Development Plan goals and...
- Public Expenditure Policy
174. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which reforms throughout the public sector remain in place to ensure accountability, collective responsibility and good...
- Brexit Issues
175. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which his Department continues to monitor the impact of Brexit on the public and private sectors with a view to addressing...
- Public Expenditure Policy
178. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department continues to monitor public contracts with a view to achieving optimum value for money while at the...
- Freedom of Information
183. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will publish legislation to modernise and update the Freedom of Information Act and ethics in public office legislation; and if...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Job Creation
184. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of employment created to date since the jobs announcement in 2019; the level of State funding provided to a company...
- Departmental Expenditure
185. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding allocated to areas of expenditure (details supplied) in each of the years 2018 to 2023; if an underspend existed, by...
- Legislative Measures
190. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the provisions of the Digital Services Act with respect to online platforms which platform fraudulent advertising on their channels,...
- Enterprise Policy
191. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to review the key outcomes and key impacts for the LEO network in performance budgeting; his views on the introduction of...
- Labour Court
193. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which action is underway to meet staff shortages in the construction sector with particular reference to the need to...
- Work Permits
194. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permit-related visa applications currently awaiting process with particular reference to various aspects of the...
- Labour Market
195. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the degree to which Irish people overseas can be encouraged to return in order to meet staff vacancies throughout industry; and if he...
- Flexible Work Practices
197. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which working from home or working through digital hubs is being optimised and progressed with a view to ensuring the...
- Trade Data
198. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which Ireland’s trade with EU countries has fluctuated over the past four years to date; and if he will make a...
- Small and Medium Enterprises
199. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the degree to which his Department continues to support small and medium sized enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Enterprise Policy
200. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether any further particular incentives are being considered to encourage the entrepreneurial skills of younger people throughout...
- Labour Market
201. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which this country’s workforce continues to have the increased skills necessary to meet modern market...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil cinneadh déanta maidir le líon na sraithphictiúir atá le déanamh ag daltaí atá ag ullmhú don...
- School Staff
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) can expect to hear the outcome of their application to have their salary increments reviewed; and if she will...
- School Transport
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a response will issue to communication regarding school transport for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a...
- School Funding
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an environmental grant is available for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6011/24]
- Schools Building Projects
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give an update in relation to the development of upgrading/provision of new schools at primary and second level in Naas, County...
- School Enrolments
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which it has been found possible to meet the pupil accommodation requirements in all schools throughout Kildare north, an area of...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Raidió Teilifís Éireann
209. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has she received a proposal from RTÉ for the removal of its plus one channels and its digital radio stations, as...
- Television Licence Fee
210. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of summonses applied for, and the number of cases brought to court, respectively, with respect to non-payment of the TV...
- Sport and Recreational Development
211. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht where the results of the national swimming strategy survey of 2022 can be accessed; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Raidió Teilifís Éireann
212. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht what follow-up she gave to correspondence relating to allegations of historic bullying within RTÉ (details supplied); if she...
- Television Licence Fee
213. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the up-to-date weekly figures regarding TV licence renewal and purchase of TV licences for January 2024 versus January 2023; and...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Citizens' Assembly
215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline what action is being taken to implement the recommendation of the Citizens Assembly on Biodiversity that Ireland...
- Wastewater Treatment
217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of the review conducted as part of the NDP review process and supply a list of villages and...
- Rental Sector
218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average wait time for a Residential Tenancies Board mediation session after application and the subsequent wait time for a...
- Naval Service
219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure in the future that historically significant vessels, such as LÉ Éithne and the Naomh Éanna,...
- Housing Schemes
220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide current guidelines and policy documents in respect of his Department's policy and advices to local...
- Climate Action Plan
221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the delayed actions that his Department is leading on as part of the Climate Action Plan 2023; the proportion that have been...
- Wildlife Protection
222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm that the proposed stakeholder forum on the sustainable hunting of protected wild birds will include all relevant...
- Planning Issues
223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a breakdown in tabular form of the number of staff, and their grade currently, employed within An Bord Pleanála,...
- Local Authorities
225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that local authorities are establishing designated activity companies as special purpose vehicles, thereafter...
- Legislative Measures
226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to bring forward the required amendments to the section 25 (2) (b) (II) of the Housing (Regulation of Approved...
- Housing Schemes
227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of the rental accommodation scheme will be published. [6018/24]
- Local Authorities
228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will comment on concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Departmental Strategies
229. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what progress has been made to realise recommendation 41.2 of Young Ireland: the National Policy Framework for Children and...
- Departmental Staff
230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 828 of 13 June and 829 of 13 June 2023, what if any benefits accrued to Department of...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
233. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review has taken place in relation to the issue concerning class S PRSI contributions arising solely from personal...
- Social Welfare Payments
234. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 882 of 17 January 2024, if the case will be reviewed, given the person (details...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the entitlements under class P PRSI contributions; how long a person needs to pay class P contributions in order to benefit;...
- State Pensions
236. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for the old age pension (contributory) by a person (details supplied) has been processed and awarded; and...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
237. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who is in receipt of an old age pension (contributory) and is now aged 67 years, but who continued in employment,...
- Social Welfare Payments
238. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite a decision on a carers allowance application (details supplied). [5925/24]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
240. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of a person (details supplied); whether they are entitled to an increase in the...
- Social Welfare Payments
241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for a domiciliary care allowance in respect of her four-year-old child; and if she...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems
245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on data protection issues in relation to CCTV which are funded by community groups and used by the gardaí;...
- Bus Services
246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1052 of 17 January 2024, when the question will be answered and the information sought be...
- Immigration Policy
247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 996 of 17 January 2024, when the question will be answered and the information sought be...
- An Garda Síochána
248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda applicants in each of the years 2020 to 2023; the number that enrolled in the Garda college,; the number of...
- Crime Prevention
249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department is considering the establishment of a shared fraud information database to permit financial service providers...
- Visa Applications
250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a visa application by a person (details supplied) will be finalised; if all efforts will be made to process this visa as...
- Family Reunification
251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visa applications for family reunification for immediate family members of Irish citizens that have not yet been...
- Departmental Data
252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people who have changed their name by deed poll for each of the last 10 years. [5939/24]
- International Protection
257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons awaiting a decision from her pursuant to section 49 (4) of the International Protection Act, having...
- Prison Service
258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify what eligibility conditions must a prisoner satisfy before she approves temporary release; if such conditions are...
- Legislative Measures
261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the recommendations contained in the report the 'human and financial cost of clinical negligence claims: the...
- Coroners Service
262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the role and functions of the coroner in a case where a citizen resident in the State has died in suspicious or...
- Immigration Policy
263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she can enquire with the Garda Commissioner the number of registrations Henry Street Garda National Immigration Bureau...
- Legislative Reviews
264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the progress of Housing Policy Objective 25 in Housing for All, the review of the Multi-Unit Developments Act...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Schemes
265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5802/24]
- Forestry Sector
266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many hectares Coillte got permission to afforest in 2023, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5821/24]
- Aquaculture Industry
267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the support he is providing under the EMFAF (details supplied) to support the marketing of fishery and aquaculture products to allow...
- Fishing Industry
268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the decision making process that has led to the closure of the pollock fishery for bycatch only in ICES areas...
- Agriculture Schemes
271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2023 eco payment will issue to a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Climate Action Plan
272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the delayed actions that his Department is leading on as part of the Climate Action Plan 2023; the proportion that are have been...
- Agriculture Schemes
273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a young farmer payment will issue to persons (details supplied). [5908/24]
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Disabilities Assessments
279. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an urgent assessment of need will be facilitated in the case of the son of a person (details supplied)...
- State Pensions
281. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Department of Social Protection to realise...
- Disability Services
282. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5806/24]
- Early Childhood Care and Education
283. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason an application for ECCE time extension exemption for a child (details supplied) was refused; whether...
- International Protection
284. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 334 of 25 January 2024, if he intends to expand use of section 5 of the...
- Childcare Services
287. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if details on the filing needed from childcare providers to certify eligibility for core funding remain...
- Disabilities Assessments
289. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children’s disability service regional assessment hubs that have been established as of 31...
- International Protection
290. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 468 of 30 January 2024, how many of the over 200 inspections confirmed to...
- Departmental Funding
291. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm if a funding application falls under the remit of his Department (details supplied); the steps he is...
- Disabilities Assessments
292. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update following the commitment by the Minister of State at the Department of Health to cover assessments...
- International Protection
293. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether any property in Ballybane, Galway city is being considered as a centre for international protection...
- Department of Health
- Hospital Appointments Status
295. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) is waiting so long to get an appointment with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Medicinal Products
296. To ask the Minister for Health what actions his Department is taking in relation to nitrous oxide gas; if research has been carried out by the HSE in relation to the potential dangers of...
- Hospital Facilities
297. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a haemodialysis unit for Our Lady's Hospital Navan, given the most recent number of patients from Meath travelling outside the county for...
- Health Services
298. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5807/24]
- Hospital Staff
299. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant rheumatologists attached to each hospital part of the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [5833/24]
- Health Services
300. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the free contraception scheme is only available for the 17 to 31 years age brackets; and the rationale for limiting the scheme to this age group...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
301. To ask the Minister for Health whether any or all of the 80+ recommendations made in the report of the Covid-19 Nursing Homes Expert Panel published in August 2020 have been accepted; the...
- Health Services
302. To ask the Minister for Health to provide further details in relation to the Budget 2024 allocation to the transgender model of care; the status of plans to develop an updated model of care...
- Departmental Data
306. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of stepdown beds available in County Longford. [5852/24]
- Hospital Staff
307. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant in respiratory medicine based at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda in the years of 2021, 2022 and 2023 in tabular form. [5853/24]
- Primary Care Centres
308. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to refurbish Raheny Health Centre, Dublin 5; and the current services being provided at this health centre. [5854/24]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
309. To ask the Minister for Health the current repair times in place for wheelchair users when repairs are required to their wheelchairs in the Limerick City area; and the recommended and...
- Hospital Staff
310. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant radiologist based in Portiuncula Hospital in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [5856/24]
- Mental Health Services
311. To ask the Minister for Health the locations outside of Dublin where inpatient peri-natal mental health units are located, in tabular form. [5857/24]
- Hospital Staff
312. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic registrars at Tallaght University Hospital in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [5858/24]
- Hospital Procedures
313. To ask the Minister for Health the number of chest x-rays carried out at Louth County Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5859/24]
- Hospital Staff
314. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists working in Wexford General Hospital in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [5860/24]
- Care Services
317. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Kerry who have requested additional home care hours; and the average waiting times for receiving additional care. [5863/24]
- Departmental Data
318. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who visited the neurofibromatosis clinic at CHI Tallaght in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5864/24]
- Hospital Services
319. To ask the Minister for Health the capital investment and refurbishment by the HSE at St Joseph's Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal in each of the years 2020 to date in 2024, in tabular...
- Hospital Staff
321. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in intensive care at St. James's Hospital, Dublin in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5867/24]
- Hospital Facilities
322. To ask the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 1595 of 17 January 2024, when the question will be answered and the information sought be provided; and if he will make...
- Medical Cards
323. To ask the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 1492 of 17 January 2024, when the question will be answered and the information sought be provided; and if he will make...
- Health Services
324. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who have availed of emergency contraception under the free contraception scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Services
326. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the proposal to develop a surgical hub in Limerick; when it is expected to be operational; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Industrial Relations
327. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of an industrial relations issue (details supplied); if this is Government policy in respect of how the heath service is going to treat all...
- Health Services
328. To ask the Minister for Health when the report of the oversight group on vaginal mesh surgery will be published; the recommendations of the group; and when his Department will have reviewed...
- Hospital Services
330. To ask the Minister for Health the number of presentations to Cashel minor injuries unit each month in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the number of direct presentations initiated by the...
- Departmental Funding
331. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused funding to stay at a facility. [5915/24]
- Public Sector Pensions
332. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a pension from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5927/24]
- General Practitioner Services
333. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will sanction an increase for GPs who are in receipt of district medical officer salaries, in view of the immense service that they provide...
- Departmental Reviews
334. To ask the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 44 of 18 January 2024, if he can provide an update on the publication of the National Review of Adult Specialist...
- Home Help Service
336. To ask the Minister for Health the reason approved home support was not delivered to a person (details supplied) in November 2023; if he will ensure that approved supports will be delivered;...
- Departmental Correspondence
337. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to correspondence (details supplied); if this funding application falls under the remit of his Department or the Department of Children, Equality,...
- Home Care Packages
338. To ask the Minister for Health what action his Department is taking to address home support waiting lists in CHO 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6000/24]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Adult Education Provision
345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the contract negotiations of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5776/24]
- Technological Universities
346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 31 January 2024, to outline the research and research processes that underpin this reply,...
