Written answers
Wednesday, 14 February 2024
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Referendum Campaigns
43. To ask the Taoiseach the measures he is taking to ensure that organisations, including State bodies under the aegis of his Department as well as non-governmental organisations and charities...
- Official Engagements
45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements with the Colombian government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6922/24]
- Foreign Conflicts
46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagements and initiatives undertaken by his Department in support of the Colombian peace process, including those regarding land reform...
- Official Engagements
51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements with the government of Türkiye; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6933/24]
- Election Monitoring Missions
52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when election monitors from Ireland last attended a mission in Türkiye; if Irish election monitors will be taking part in a mission to...
- Human Rights
53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has called upon the government of Türkiye to release a person (details supplied); if he has raised his prison conditions with the...
- Election Monitoring Missions
55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the work of those on the Irish election monitoring roster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6937/24]
- EU Regulations
56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the progress made regarding amending Regulation No 1/1958 to include Catalan, Basque and Galician in the EU’s...
- Diplomatic Representation
57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements with the government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Human Rights
58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements with his European counterparts with regard to the ongoing civil strife in Myanmar; efforts to relieve...
- Diplomatic Representation
59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements with the government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh; and if he will make a statement on...
- Repatriation Costs
61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the assistance available to Irish citizens who require repatriation via air ambulance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6969/24]
- Foreign Conflicts
63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements with his European counterparts and international partners regarding the ongoing occupation of part of...
- Middle East
64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider calling on the Israeli government to lift its restriction on supplies of insulin, other diabetes supplies and all other...
- Foreign Birth Registration
65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a person (details supplied) who applied to the foreign birth register will have their application processed; and if he will make a...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- National Broadband Plan
67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when infrastructure to ensure access to high-speed fibre broadband will be installed in the case of a property (details...
- Recycling Policy
68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of concerns that the deposit return scheme will discriminate against those with disabilities; how he...
- Energy Conservation
69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what support can be offered to assist homeowners to change their heating systems to biofuel and HVO systems; if he...
- Referendum Campaigns
70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he is taking to ensure that organisations, including State bodies under the aegis of his Department as well...
- Energy Conservation
71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what his plans are to reduce the average two-year waiting time for the free energy upgrades (warmer homes) scheme; and...
- Department of Defence
- Referendum Campaigns
72. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures he is taking to ensure that organisations, including State bodies under the aegis of his Department as well as non-governmental...
- Departmental Data
73. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there has been an increase in the amount of ammunition for automatic rifles expended at the Curragh and the Glen of Imaal army ranges since...
- Defence Forces
74. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of members of the Reserve Defence Forces; the establishment figure; the targeted number of recruits; the number of applications; the...
- Departmental Data
78. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the states which have provided the Irish Defence Forces with assistance regarding air lift capacity since 2013; the detail thereof; and if he...
- Defence Forces
79. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the three United Nations missions which Ireland has pledged $469,000 in support of; the training pledges renewed; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Airport Policy
80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his engagement with the stakeholders of Cork Airport to increase connectivity and attract new routes to the airport; and if he will make a...
- Flood Relief Schemes
81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to report on the progress made by the steering group to advance the flood mitigation works at Ballycar; and if he will make a statement on...
- Public Transport
82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what assurances he can give with regard to the timely delivery of battery electric and electric DART carriages, in light of supply and...
- National Car Test
83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate the demand and requirement for an NCT centre and a dedicated driving test centre for north Wicklow; if any...
- Road Projects
84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided for changes to the N22 / R569 Cork- Kerry junction (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Bus Services
85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine transport links between Tullamore and Athlone in view that since the termination of a route by a private bus operator...
- Transport Costs
86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he is considering to support the transport industry in relation to fuel costs, ever increasing insurance premiums, cost of...
- Airport Policy
87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if private jet passengers are included in the passenger numbers for 2023 published by Dublin Airport; if he supports reducing the number...
- Bus Services
88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if bus/coach contractors operating under the National Transport Authority are required to inform the authority of break downs; and if so,...
- Referendum Campaigns
89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to ensure that organisations, including State bodies under the aegis of his Department as well as...
- Bus Services
90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the future expansion of Dublin Bus, in view of the need to encourage more people to use public transport and to ensure that...
- Driver Licences
92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport with regard to nationality details on newly issued driver licences, why, given that those born in the North of Ireland would previously...
- Road Projects
93. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a by-pass road for Killorglin and the implementation of a traffic management plan for the town, bearing in mind the 2015-2021...
- Bus Éireann
94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the Bus Éireann routes that serve communities in County Monaghan; the total number of services scheduled to operate in 2020, 2021,...
- Cross-Border Co-operation
95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet with the N2/A5/Ten-T Cross Border Committee, which comprises of representatives from Derry City and Strabane District...
- Taxi Licences
96. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he has taken to increase the number of taxi operators in regional towns and rural areas; if he will meet with an organisation...
- Driver Licences
97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on discussions regarding the recognition of Argentinian driver licences for the haulage industry. [6997/24]
- Parking Provision
99. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with Transport Infrastructure Ireland and ensure necessary funding is made available to Delvin to address parking along...
- Rail Network
100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the development of Kishogue train station; when this can be expected to be completed; the additional cost to...
- Bus Services
101. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the Mullingar town bus service. [7070/24]
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
103. To ask the Minister for Finance to address a query in respect of stamp duty (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7057/24]
- Revenue Commissioners
104. To ask the Minister for Finance if the contact details for customers to contact Revenue by phone can be corrected (details supplied). [6707/24]
- Departmental Data
105. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of farmers that make use of the income averaging mechanism available for farm income; the number of farmers that are taxed on an annual basis; and...
- Referendum Campaigns
106. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking to ensure that organisations, including State bodies under the aegis of his Department as well as non-governmental organisations and...
- Fiscal Data
107. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 1 February 2024, if he believes it would send a signal to the international market forces, in line with Irish...
- Insurance Coverage
108. To ask the Minister for Finance if travel insurance policies are obliged to provide for the costs associated with medical care in the event that a person is in a critical condition in a...
- Tax Data
109. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide statistics in tabular form (details supplied) for the years 2015-2023 relating to vehicle registration tax transfer or residence applications...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Expenditure Policy
111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view that Ireland has the fastest increasing aging demographic, predicted to hit 26% of the population being over 65 by 2051, if he...
- Departmental Reviews
112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department can review a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6686/24]
- Referendum Campaigns
113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he is taking to ensure that organisations, including State bodies under the aegis of his Department as well as...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Departmental Data
114. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA sponsored companies per county; and the number of jobs in IDA sponsored companies, by county, in tabular form. [6736/24]
- Business Supports
117. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how many businesses in County Galway are likely to qualify for the increased cost of business grant; what engagement his Department...
- Referendum Campaigns
118. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he is taking to ensure that organisations, including State bodies under the aegis of his Department as well as...
- Export Controls
119. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of dual-use export licences issued in relation to Israel in 2023; the value in relation to such exports; and if he will...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Data
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in residential care who are without a school place, in tabular form; and the reason these children are without a school...
- Education Welfare Service
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an EWO been assigned to children currently in State care but excluded from school. [7075/24]
- School Admissions
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will introduce a mechanism, or extend any mechanism extant, as in the case of special needs, to compel schools to accept...
- School Transport
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she intends to bring the school transport review to Cabinet. [6708/24]
- School Accommodation
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Transport
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she has taken to ensure that individuals over 70 years of age certified as medically fit to drive are considered for bus driver...
- Special Educational Needs
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a school (details supplied), and consider a request from the board of management and parents for support from her...
- School Accommodation
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date for applications for the summer works scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6745/24]
- Special Educational Needs
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6748/24]
- Referendum Campaigns
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to ensure that organisations, including State bodies under the aegis of her Department as well as non-governmental...
- School Enrolments
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the current oversubscription crisis in schools in County Kildare, and specifically Prosperous and Clane; what her Department is...
- Schools Building Projects
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the current status of the proposed new post primary school (details supplied); the current status of an extension to a school...
- School Enrolments
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what plans/structures are in place to assist secondary school children that are currently being home schooled in securing a school place as soon...
- School Transport
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided immediately for a person (details supplied). [6779/24]
- Departmental Properties
145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of unused land in the ownership of her Department at a location (details supplied); if she will consider using the lands as a playing...
- Special Educational Needs
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the removal of complex needs as a factor for the allocation of special education teaching hours; if she is aware that many...
- School Staff
170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application for incremental credits submitted in June and July 2023 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- School Accommodation
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a number of schools projects (details supplied). [7006/24]
- Children in Care
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has agreed to a duty of cooperation with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and Tusla in...
- School Staff
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to increase the grant paid to schools to provide for transport assistants who work on buses assisting those with profound...
- Special Educational Needs
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of any proposal to establish a special school in County Monaghan. [7112/24]
- School Transport
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider allowing drivers who reach 70 years the opportunity to continue driving subject to passing an annual medical even convened...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Sports Funding
178. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the 2024 sports capital grants will be announced to the successful clubs and organisations; and if she will make a statement...
- Raidió Teilifís Éireann
179. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she expects the reports of the two expert advisory committees on the ongoings at RTÉ will be published; and if she will...
- Sports Funding
181. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the up-to-date position on a sports capital grant application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Referendum Campaigns
182. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she is taking to ensure that organisations, including State bodies under the aegis of her Department as well as...
- Sports Facilities
183. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the outcome of the preliminary report on the provision of a swimming pool in Loughrea, County Galway under the local authority...
- Gaeltacht Policy
184. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 623 of 13 June 2023, the status of the preparation of language plans in respect of the 16...
- Irish Language
185. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 624 of 13 June 2023, the status of plans for the designation of additional Irish language...
- Television Licence Fee
186. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for persons who ceased paying their TV licence in protest following recent events related to RTÉ but who intended to renew,...
- Tourism Policy
187. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has received accommodation audits from the National Tourism Development Authority; the resulting action she has taken to...
- Tourism Industry
188. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of hotel rooms available in County Monaghan for the purpose of tourist visitor stays as of January 2019, January 2020,...
- Broadcasting Sector
189. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding allocated to public service broadcasting in the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Television Licence Fee
190. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of people prosecuted for TV licence fee evasion in the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Caiteachas Ranna
191. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht míniú a thabhairt ar cén fáth nár caitheadh ach €208,668 ar thogra amháin Gaeilge faoi...
- State Bodies
192. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason 18% of the board positions for which she is responsible are vacant, as well as four chairperson positions; if a...
- Culture Policy
193. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she expects the Advisory Committee on the Restitution and Repatriation of Historically and Culturally Sensitive Objects in...
- Cúrsaí Tithíochta
194. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cathain faoina mbeidh an grúpa oibre molta don tithíocht Gaeltachta bunaithe, agus sonraí a thabhairt faoin...
- Film Industry
195. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the person or body responsible for monitoring compliance with the terms of the culture certificate for section 481 tax relief once...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Referendum Campaigns
196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to ensure that organisations, including State bodies under the aegis of his Department as well as...
- Housing Policy
197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 6 December 2023, the status of the development of the new rural housing...
- Planning Issues
198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 6 December 2023, the status of the review by his Department of resources for the...
- Departmental Schemes
199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if NPWS farm plan scheme payments are delayed; if he will provide an update on payment processing timelines; how many...
- State Bodies
200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is the Government's intention to seek representatives of his Department and/or the Department of Finance on the LDA...
- Housing Provision
201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the establishment and use of a designated activity company by Clare County Council to delivery affordable...
- Housing Policy
202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his proposals to disincentivise the bulk purchase of newly built housing by institutional investors. [6914/24]
- Energy Conservation
203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports available for the refurbishment or conversion of agricultural buildings for the purpose of residential housing;...
- Horticulture Sector
204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on his engagements with his Cabinet colleagues in relation to the working paper to address challenges...
- Grant Payments
205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants for the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability, the mobility aids grant and the...
- Rental Sector
206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the practice of county councils increasing differential rent rates of those who are in...
- Housing Schemes
208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if HAP is now only being paid to people who enter emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7027/24]
- Local Authorities
209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the precise function and responsibilities he has in cases where complaints are made to his Department of alleged breaches of...
- Housing Policy
210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will take the necessary steps to fully implement and fund the outstanding recommendations from the 2019 Joint Policy...
- Rental Sector
215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will fund a public awareness campaign to increase awareness of private residential tenancies legislation among older...
- Housing Policy
216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will give due consideration to increased ring fencing of social housing for older people in light of the particular...
- Departmental Data
219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will allocate funding to invest in research for the purposes of collating age related, tenure specific data to better...
- Housing Schemes
221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to increase investment in the housing adaption grant scheme and to provide incentives to private landlords to apply for same,...
- Rental Sector
222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to work with the relevant bodies to ensure higher levels of compliance with accommodation quality standards in the private...
- Housing Policy
223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to invest in alternative, secure and age appropriate housing for older people; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Student Accommodation
224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what steps his Department has taken to prevent the practice of full year compulsory lease lengths being imposed on students by...
- Departmental Reviews
226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will use his powers to appoint an independent person to undertake a review of a matter (details supplied); and if he...
- Defective Building Materials
227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses in Ireland that are damaged by pyrite or mica and also had the cavities of the walls pumped with...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Payments
228. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is possible for someone in receipt of a social welfare payment to leave the country for a period of longer than two...
- Referendum Campaigns
234. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures she is taking to ensure that organisations, including State bodies under the aegis of her Department as well as...
- Social Welfare Schemes
235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection regarding a recent refusal of free travel to a person (details supplied), as the applicant is under the age of 66 years and...
- Social Welfare Payments
236. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware of any additional payments/scheme which may apply to persons who are in a house share and who qualify for a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
237. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6842/24]
- Social Welfare Payments
238. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for the most recent figure on the number of carers in receipt of carer’s allowance, excluding those on a half-rate...
- State Pensions
241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will give due consideration to benchmarking the State pension, to ensure that older people do in the private rental...
- Social Welfare Payments
242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of carers allowance/benefit, including half carers payments, in County Wexford; and if she...
- Social Welfare Code
245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will amend statutory sick pay criteria to align it with illness benefit in relation to PRSI, USC and employer’s...
- Social Welfare Inspections
246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the up-to-date position in relation to the scope investigation being carried out by her Department into work practices and...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Legislative Measures
251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what impact the Sale of Alcohol Bill will have on sports clubs that hold a liquor licence; and if she will make a statement on...
- Citizenship Applications
252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in relation to an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Citizenship Ceremonies
253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the next citizenship ceremony is planned to take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6751/24]
- Citizenship Applications
254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress in determining an application for citizenship (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Referendum Campaigns
255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she is taking to ensure that organisations, including State bodies under the aegis of her Department as well as...
- Probate Applications
256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware that delays in processing probate cases are having an impact on prospective home buyers who are having to apply...
- Coroners Service
257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address concerns raised by the Coroners Society of Ireland (details supplied) around the pay and conditions of its...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Forestry Sector
258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many of the 67 approved national tree area scheme licences have been planted and paid; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Referendum Campaigns
259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking to ensure that organisations, including State bodies under the aegis of his Department as well as...
- Animal Welfare
260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce legislation to ban fox, hare and mink hunting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6777/24]
- Departmental Funding
261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding provided to animal welfare organisations (details supplied) is subject to reporting and monitoring by his Department; and...
- Agriculture Schemes
262. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under ACRES will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing the payment;...
- Departmental Contracts
263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 433 of 30 January 2024, how many tenders from alternative service providers were received for...
- Greyhound Industry
264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 413 of 7 February 2024, what role his Department has with regard to oversight of dog ownership...
- Forestry Sector
265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide additional information regarding breeding waders and afforestation in the new forestry programme; when will this...
- Departmental Data
269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of forestry licences applied for in County Monaghan in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; the number issued; the total hectares...
- Departmental Budgets
271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budget allocated to the unit within his Department with responsibility for oversight and implementation of the unfair trading...
- Departmental Data
272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of complaints received by the unit within his Department with responsibility for oversight and implementation of the...
- Public Sector Staff
273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the FTE number of staff working in the unit within his Department with responsibility for oversight and implementation of the unfair...
- Agriculture Supports
275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 13 December 2023, if the BISS/CRISS payment levels cited included or excluded greening...
- Agriculture Industry
276. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide full citations, including the publication details, for recent studies which are referred to in the product...
- Cross-Border Co-operation
277. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any funding opportunities for research projects for Northern Ireland. [6996/24]
- Agriculture Schemes
278. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an ACRES payment (details supplied) will be made; the reason for the delay in issuing such payments; and if he will make a...
- Forestry Sector
279. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what recent discussions he has had with an organisation (details supplied) in regard to the Forestry Programme 2023-2027; and if he...
- Agriculture Schemes
283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when ACRES-CP payments to farmers in the scheme for 2023 will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7099/24]
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Disability Services
284. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review a case (details supplied). [6691/24]
- Health Services
287. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on HSE funding for a service (details supplied) in CHO3; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disability Services
288. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the current caseload of the Nenagh Child and Family Agency Children’s Disability Network...
- Departmental Data
289. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm the status of a property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6681/24]
- Referendum Campaigns
290. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures he is taking to ensure that organisations, including State bodies under the aegis of his Department...
- Disability Services
291. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who have been refused admission in 2023 for residential and other types of care, in...
- Children in Care
292. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many children currently in special emergency care provision, such as unregulated hotels, are having their...
