Written answers
Thursday, 15 February 2024
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Sports Funding
5. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the large scale sport infrastructure fund; the qualifying criteria for the scheme; the timeline of the next round for...
- Television Licence Fee
6. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the total Exchequer funding currently allocated to the cost of TV licences for pensioners who are in receipt...
- Sports Funding
15. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on whether funding for the sports capital grant will be increased due to record numbers of applicants; and if...
- Acht na Gaeltachta
17. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte Uimh. 284 den 5 Nollaig 2023; cén dul chun cinn atá déanta ar an obair...
- Sport and Recreational Development
19. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures that have been implemented to support Irish participation in the Olympic and Paralympic games Paris 2024; and if she...
- Film Industry
20. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht following the recent film industry section 481 stakeholder forum, her views on the widespread and legitimate concern of actors,...
- Broadcasting Sector
21. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for future public service broadcasting in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7104/24]
- Tionscadail Fhorbartha Pobail
22. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le hathfhorbairt Choláiste Íosagáin, Baile Bhuirne; agus an...
- Departmental Policies
23. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her proposals for the enhanced development of the necessary facilities to meet the ongoing demands of tourism, culture, arts,...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
24. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte Uimh. 97 den 5 Nollaig 2023, an dtabharfaidh sí an t-eolas is déanaí ar aon...
- Artists' Remuneration
25. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the proposals, if any, she has to extend the basic income artists’ scheme to more artists; and if she will make a statement...
- Arts Policy
26. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any of her Department's funds will be allocated to opening new spaces for artists and creatives in Dublin; and if so, if she...
- Business Supports
27. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the recently announced Fáilte Ireland business support scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Television Licence Fee
28. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the plans to reform the licence fee and future funding of RTÉ. [7025/24]
- Broadcasting Sector
29. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how the Exchequer funding model for public sector broadcasting could operate in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Media Sector
30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on her Department’s engagement with Coimisiún na Meán; and if she will make a statement on...
- Sports Funding
31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent by her Department in supporting sports clubs and organisations in Cork in 2023; and if she will make a statement...
- Television Licence Fee
32. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reduction in revenue generated by TV licence sales (new, renewal and standing order) between July 2022 and January 2023,...
- Tourism Funding
33. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how much funding was allocated to Carlow as part of Ireland’s Ancient East touring region in 2023; and if she will make a...
- Sport and Recreational Development
34. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an outline of measures taken by her Department and its relevant agencies to encourage volunteering in sport. [7030/24]
- Middle East
35. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on an organisation (details supplied) playing Israel in a EuroBasket qualifier, despite the ongoing genocide committed by...
- Equality Issues
36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an outline of measures taken by the Department and its relevant agencies to tackle violence, racism, discrimination and...
- Arts Policy
37. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the ways her Department is supporting traditional Irish music in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6715/24]
- Cross-Border Co-operation
38. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht with the recent restoration of the Northern Ireland Executive and the refunctioning of the North-South Ministerial Council, the...
- Tourist Accommodation
39. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has a strategy to ensure that bed accommodation for tourists visiting Ireland is increased; and if she will make a statement...
- Swimming Pools
40. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are Department funds or help available specifically for provision of swimming pools; and if she will make a statement on...
- Sports Funding
41. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she proposes to announce major/minor grant awards for sport and sporting accommodation with particular reference to the need...
- Sports Facilities
42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to address the significant shortfall of sports pitches and other sports facilities, that is growing particularly acute in...
- Sport and Recreational Development
43. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update in relation to the sports action plan and its requirement to have 40% gender representation on the boards of...
- Film Industry
44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her assessment of the recent film industry section 481 stakeholder forum; her plans are to address the concerns, issues and...
- Sports Funding
45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeline for the announcement of successful applications from sporting clubs for the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme;...
- Film Industry
46. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update following the recent holding of Stakeholders Forum for Section 481; and if she will make a statement...
- Sports Events
47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps her Department is taking to develop a strategy to identify the type of major sporting events Ireland can and should bid...
- Sports Facilities
48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps her Department is taking to ensure similar access to sporting facilities for men and women. [7031/24]
- Business Supports
49. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department's plans to support businesses in the hospitality sector that are dependent on tourism; and if she will make a...
- Tourist Accommodation
50. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her proposals to support the increase in hotel capacity in County Monaghan in order to attract tourists to the county. [6884/24]
- Departmental Policies
52. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has considered the potential inclusion of a standalone indicator on language and culture in our Well-being Framework, using...
- Television Licence Fee
53. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the reform of the TV licence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6870/24]
- Tourism Policy
54. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht what measures are being taken to progress and develop a local amenity (details supplied) in a standalone tourism plan for the Lee...
- Sporting Rights
55. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any study has been undertaken on the impact of pay-per-view on sport considering the current situation with an organisation...
- Sports Funding
56. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the latest round of the sports capital and equipment programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Television Licence Fee
57. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to give an update on the Government’s latest thinking on the central funding of RTÉ and public service broadcasting;...
- Swimming Pools
58. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps that Monaghan County Council should now take in order to secure funding to deliver a public swimming pool and ancillary...
- Sports Events
59. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider resurrecting plans for Ireland to host future stages of the Tour de France; and if she will make a statement...
- Broadcasting Sector
60. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details of the local community radio stations being supported by her Department; her views on the further...
- Legislative Programme
61. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the legislative programme. [3502/24]
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
62. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte Uimh. 68 den 5 Nollaig 2023, cén dul chun cinn atá déanta ar an obair...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Regional Development
72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the concern raised in the recent ESRI report ‘the National Development Plan in 2023: Priorities and...
- Housing Provision
73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new houses completed in Longford in 2023; the number commenced; his expectations for 2024 with regard to...
- Housing Schemes
75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on upcoming cost rental schemes in Cork city and county. [6891/24]
- Vacant Properties
78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the situation with respect to six houses in Annagry, County Donegal, lying vacant; if he and his Department...
- Referendum Campaigns
80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the referendums on Housing as a right and the public ownership and management of Uisce Éireann will take place. [6911/24]
- Defective Building Materials
81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the low number of applications to the revised defective concrete block remediation scheme and the slow rate of...
- Legislative Programme
82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the legislative programme. [3498/24]
- Departmental Data
85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the number of first-time buyers in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6375/24]
- Housing Schemes
87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason there is no affordable housing scheme in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6367/24]
- Departmental Reports
88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update in relation to the progress of the Mulcahy report; if a memo was brought to Cabinet on this in 2023; and...
- Departmental Funding
90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding he has approved for Uisce Éireann in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7009/24]
- Housing Schemes
91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update in relation to turnkey proposals in his Department from local authorities; how the initiative is working; what...
- Traveller Accommodation
94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the expert group report on Traveller accommodation. [6823/24]
- Housing Policy
95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he now accepts the need for an outright ban on vulture funds purchasing large numbers of new homes; and if he will make a...
- Housing Provision
97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how and when the reforms to the public spending code will lead to changes in the four-step planning for the delivering of...
- Departmental Schemes
98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details on the pilot sewage schemes initiative, funded by his Department in 2023; if he proposes to run this...
- Housing Provision
99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new houses completed in each of south County Dublin and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown in 2023; the number commenced; his...
- Defective Building Materials
100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason he continues to expect engineers to sign off on remediation recommendations for the enhanced defective concrete...
- Planning Issues
101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider extending the temporary development contribution waiver scheme as due to expire in April 2024; and if he...
- Mortality Rates
102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his Department’s response to the recent Health Research Board’s report into mortality among single homeless...
- Weather Events
103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government following the destruction of storm Babet, how much relief funding has been paid out since October 2023 to date in 2024; if...
- Housing Provision
105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social and affordable homes delivered in County Monaghan in the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; and the number...
- Housing Policy
106. 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; if he has a timeframe...
- Homeless Accommodation
107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what measures are in place to deal with homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6799/24]
- Local Authorities
108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of full-time and part-time vacant homes officers currently employed by each respective local authority; the number...
- National Parks
110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his engagement to date with the stakeholder of a local amenity (details supplied) to progress and develop this area as a...
- State Properties
113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Land Development Agency will reconvene the consultation forum on the future development of Columb Barracks,...
- Housing Provision
114. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many affordable houses will be made available in 2024 in Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6364/24]
- Departmental Reviews
116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the review completed by his Department on local authority adaptation grants; how long it is...
- Housing Provision
119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how he intends to ramp up the supply of housing in towns and villages outside the major urban areas; and if he will make a...
- Housing Policy
120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce appropriate measures, in partnership with industry, to ensure that over a five-year period, delivery is...
- Local Authorities
121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 7 December 2023, what engagement he has had with the Galway Social Housing task...
- Gaeltacht Policy
124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 7 December 2023, the timeline for the publication of the draft planning guidelines...
- Housing Provision
125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he intends to put in place to ensure availability of affordable homes in south Dublin, in particular; and if he...
- State Bodies
127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the long-term sustainable funding of the Land Development Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Housing Schemes
128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what changes could be made to ensure swifter processing of Croí Cónaithe applications to get more projects shovel...
- Energy Conservation
129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase funding for the local authority retrofit programme to enable all local authority housing that needs it to...
- Housing Schemes
131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of grants approved for the help to buy scheme and the first home scheme in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Housing Provision
132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he is taking in relation to a lack of services delaying the provision of housing; and if he will make a statement...
- Housing Policy
134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update in relation to the case of persons who do not qualify for cost rental or social housing (details...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on progress on the draft wind energy guidelines; when he expects the draft guidelines will be published; the...
- Defective Building Materials
137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update regarding the issue of mortgageability as it relates to homeowners impacted by defective concrete blocks and the...
- Rental Sector
140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he will take to address the consistent increases in rents for existing tenancies; and if he will make a statement...
- Urban Development
141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the assessment of the transit-oriented development in Limerick, Galway, Cork and Waterford; whether the...
- Housing Policy
144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will immediately raise the HAP and homeless HAP limits, considering the ever increasing numbers entering homelessness;...
- Legislative Measures
146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on his Department’s engagements with stakeholders in relation to potential legislative...
- National Monuments
147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects funding under the community monuments fund 2024 to be announced; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Homeless Accommodation
148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to address the lack of homeless accommodation available in Tallaght; and if he will make a statement on...
- Housing Provision
149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the construction of new homes on State land sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6801/24]
- Water Quality
150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the measures he is taking to ensure Irish Water fulfils the State's obligation to rid public...
- Rental Sector
151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 6 July 2023, and considering the steep rise in rent in County Cavan since; if the...
- National Biodiversity Plan
152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an overview of the new National Biodiversity Action Plan. [6905/24]
- Homeless Accommodation
153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is concerned about the increase in family homelessness and the lack of three bed homes coming on stream via the Part V...
- Regeneration Projects
154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the development of the Parnell Square Cultural Quarter; and if he is aware of the decay and degeneration of...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Conflicts
155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if on a visit to the West Bank, he asked to see a village that had been destroyed and ethnically cleansed by settlers; if so, if the IDF...
- Middle East
156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide the value of property funded or donated by Ireland in the West Bank which has been damaged by Israeli settlers since 7 October...
- Human Rights
157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if is considering intervening in the Gambia vs. Myanmar case before the International Court of Justice, in support of international efforts...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- EU Directives
158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment with regard to EU Directive on single use plastics and the manufacturing requirements this places on diary producers...
- Public Sector Staff
159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when five-year contract positions for the post of climate action officer and climate action coordinator in local...
- Health Services
160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if serious health and safety issues (details supplied) will be examined and addressed; and if he will make a statement...
- Legislative Measures
161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to legislate to prevent retail telecoms and broadband providers from offering variable priced contracts...
- Food Waste
162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that offshore islands are exempt from the new EU legislation in regards to...
- Sports Funding
163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to review the level of grant-aid available to sports clubs for the installation of solar panels considering a 30% grant...
- Climate Action Plan
164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of delays in the community climate action fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7394/24]
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
165. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if agency nurses working in the Defence Forces without a contract will be given the same privileges, pay and conditions as those that have a...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Safety
166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene to make safe a dangerous junction at Greenhill, Mourneabbey, County Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Driver Test
168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person in County Donegal (details supplied) can expect an invite for a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Road Tolls
169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to respond to concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of the ongoing and frustrating campaign to remove the M1 tolls...
- Bus Services
170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport given the negative impact on residents who are being left without full bus services several nights of the week, what actions the NTA is...
- Airport Policy
172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether there is an independent complaints mechanism available for those who wish to submit complaints against the DAA; if not, whether...
- Road Projects
174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date position regarding a rehabilitation project for a bridge (details supplied) in County Kerry; if a proposed and funded...
- Planning Issues
175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport following his recent meeting with members of Donegal County Council, if he will make changes to the national policy that denies planning...
- Road Safety
176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date position regarding consideration of proposals for traffic calming and pedestrian crossings in Castlemaine village on the...
- Military Aircraft
177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Shannon Airport or any other facility of the State is not being used in any way which facilitates the United States' military support...
- Active Travel
178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a list of all projects submitted by Mayo County Council for active travel funding under the announcement of 7 February 2024;...
- Department of Finance
- Departmental Schemes
179. To ask the Minister for Finance when the revised disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme will be introduced; when the criteria for issuing a primary medical certificate for his...
- Vehicle Registration Tax
180. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 352 of 17 January 2024, regarding the decision by the Tax Appeal Commissioners that the Revenue Commissioners had been...
- Departmental Schemes
181. To ask the Minister for Finance the current status of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; the number of appeals awaiting assessment; if an indication of a timeframe to clear the...
- Tax Exemptions
183. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost, through tax revenue foregone, of the BIK exemption for employer contributions for PRSAs which was introduced through section 22 of the...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Relief Schemes
189. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if flood relief plans or river drainage works are planned to deal with the repeated flooding of the area between Ballyshannon and...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Fire Safety
190. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the review that was set up in response to the Irish regulations surrounding fire retardancy on furniture goods sold...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Enrolments
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's plans for increasing capacity of secondary schools in north Kildare to enrol students from September 2024; and if she will make...
- School Transport
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase the upper age limit for school bus drivers from 70 to 75 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7117/24]
- Schools Building Projects
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7118/24]
- Renewable Energy Generation
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the first phase of the solar for schools programme will be complete; her plans in respect of the next phase; if there is a...
- School Curriculum
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidance available to schools on protocols in relation to opting out of religious education in schools, and how the school should operate...
- School Admissions
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how the Education (Admissions to schools) Act 2018 is enforced, including the processes involved and the number of times it has been enforced in...
- Schools Building Projects
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it will be possible for a school (details supplied) to make a decision to go ahead with a tender for a school extension; and if she will...
- School Accommodation
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will liaise directly with a school (details supplied) as soon as possible regarding a matter; and if she will make a statement...
- School Transport
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give an outline of the school bus lottery system for concessionary seats, outlining in full how seats are allocated through this...
- School Facilities
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the provision of a sports gym at a school (details supplied) following her meeting with local Deputies and school...
- Education Costs
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills , further to Parliamentary Question No. 590 of 7 February, the person or body that is responsible for the boarding section of a school; the...
- School Enrolments
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Ukrainian pupils enrolled in Irish schools at primary level and post-primary level, by county, as of 9th of February or latest date...
- School Facilities
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has not received agreed funding for security measures after a serious incident at the school in October...
- Special Educational Needs
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if plans are in place to provide an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, room for a school (details supplied) that requires such an addition; and if...
- School Accommodation
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what accommodation will be provided for a school (details supplied) to increase the number of new pupils it can enrol in September 2024, to meet...
- School Staff
210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the teacher shortage at post-primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7353/24]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Tourism Schemes
211. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the installation of the new Fáilte Ireland-funded outdoor water-based activity infrastructure in Claycastle,...
- Sports Funding
212. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on an application (details supplied) pursuant to the sport capital equipment grant; and if she will make a statement...
- Gaeltacht Scholarships
213. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of Gaeltacht scholarships available to post primary level students in DEIS schools; her plans to increase this number;...
- Television Licence Fee
214. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total revenue collected by the TV licence in the past four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7227/24]
- Swimming Pools
217. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which the swimming pool development programme is expected to continue, and on what basis over the next two years;...
- Sports Organisations
218. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department continues to reach out to those involved in sporting activities with a view to continuation of...
- Arts Policy
219. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she continues to support the arts throughout the country with particular reference to both amateur and...
- Tourism Industry
220. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department continue to monitor the tourism sector with a view to ensuring that customers get the...
- Tourist Accommodation
221. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the progress made within her Department on a short term lettings register; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Tourism Policy
223. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to support the tourism sector through the medium of Irish culture at home and abroad with...
- Tourism Industry
224. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which Ireland's traditional culture of welcome, friendship and support continues notwithstanding worldwide threats;...
- Sports Funding
225. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which it is intended to offer grant assistance to major and minor sporting activities throughout the country...
- Tourist Accommodation
227. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the efforts currently in hand to ensure the availability of adequate tourist accommodation in all areas throughout the country;...
- Tourism Funding
228. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps already made and ongoing to support the tourism industry in the face of cost-of-living increases; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Programmes
229. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the commitments made in the Programme for Government (details supplied) under the heading arts and culture that have been...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Schemes
230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the long-awaited review for local authority housing adaptation grants will be completed; and if he will make a statement...
- Wildlife Protection
231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he supports maintaining the protected status of fallow and sika deer, under the wildlife Acts, given they are a non-native...
- Departmental Projects
232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the role his Department is taking in the Cork events centre; the current estimated completion cost and date....
- Departmental Priorities
233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what additional steps he will take to ensure that Dublin City Council acts on foot of the Respiratory Health Among Residents...
- Local Authorities
234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will instruct or encourage all local authorities to carry out a full audit of their homes to ensure that they are fit...
- Housing Schemes
235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that a single person earning €57,000 gross , or €41,500 net, does not qualify for a one bed unit...
- Energy Policy
238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 836 of 18 April 2023, if he will comment on the stated position of Kilkenny County...
- Waterways Issues
239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current position in regard to the introduction of by-laws/regulations which impact against the interest of a person...
- Defective Building Materials
243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 269 of 25 January 2024, the total amount of the significant investment referenced in...
- Local Authorities
244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 269 of 25 January 2024, if he will provide an update on the establishment of a national...
- Housing Provision
251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses completed in County Kildare in the past two years in respect of private development or local authority...
- Planning Issues
253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps, if any, he has taken to improve the planning process in terms of more rapid determination of applications and...
- Housing Schemes
255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which the various forms of assistance available for first time house buyers are upgrading satisfactorily without...
- Homeless Persons Supports
257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his proposals to address the ever-present problem of homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7381/24]
- Planning Issues
258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what steps can be taken by the local authorities to facilitate the granting of planning permission for rural applicants who...
- Housing Policy
262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if further consideration could be given to the plight of those who have failed to qualify for a local authority house on the...
- Departmental Data
263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of applicants on local authority housing waiting lists currently awaiting rehousing; the number refused as...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
265. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for an invalidity pension (details supplied) can be expedited and approved. [7148/24]
- Social Welfare Payments
266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 300 of 1 February 2024, if she can provide the number of persons who have been notified...
- Social Welfare Schemes
268. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in the roll-out of the social inclusion voucher scheme for Irish Sign Language (details supplied);...
- Social Welfare Appeals
271. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average processing times for appeals made under section 317 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
273. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if maternity benefit might issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- State Pensions
275. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) might qualify for State pension contributory or non-contributory; and if she will make a...
- Pension Provisions
276. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the non-contributory pension might be made payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
277. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if disability allowance or benefit is payable to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Departmental Policies
278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to her own remarks on the matter (details supplied), what opt in procedure the Government will adopt with respect to...
- Citizenship Applications
279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm the current status of a person's (detail supplied) application for citizenship; when a decision is likely to be...
- An Garda Síochána
280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what current plans exist to address complaints about GSOC, in view of the recently passed Policing, Security and Community...
- Citizenship Applications
281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on the application for citizenship by a person (details supplied) who applied to her Department...
- Asylum Applications
282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated number of asylum applicants who produce documentation confirming their identity at any point during the asylum...
- Residency Permits
284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of GNIB cards issued by her Department in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [7214/24]
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on her plans to roll out additional refuge spaces for domestic violence survivors in an area (details...
- An Garda Síochána
286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new gardaí allocated to counties Roscommon and Galway in 2023, in tabular form. [7259/24]
- Departmental Data
287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons refused entry to the state every year for the past four years; the reasons for refusal; the point of...
- Asylum Seekers
288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been refused asylum in Ireland every year for the past four years; the number of deportations...
- Immigration Status
289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status and possibility, of stamp 4 in respect of a person (details supplied) [7312/24]
- Visa Applications
290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) can be joined by their spouse under the appropriate application process in respect of a visa;...
- Immigration Status
291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when renewal of a stamp 4 application (details supplied) will be granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7357/24]
- Residency Permits
292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current position as regards residency for persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7358/24]
- Citizenship Applications
293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when citizenship status might be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Residency Permits
294. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Road Safety
295. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is considering the provision of an upload portal in order to improve road safety; and if she will make a statement on...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Data
296. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to give consideration to an urgent query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7169/24]
- Animal Welfare
297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how Horse Racing Ireland and Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board record deaths for the year; if all deaths within 48 hours or due to a...
- Fishing Industry
298. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the programme that will be put in place for the fisheries local action groups under the European Maritime, Fisheries...
- Animal Slaughtering
299. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the number of cattle from controlled finishing units in the State slaughtered in Northern Ireland in 2020, 2021,...
- Animal Breeding
301. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding that is available for SNP testing for 2024, for ponies previously MS tested and new foals; and if he will make a...
- Animal Diseases
302. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has tested wild deer in the Kilcolgan and Kinvara area of County Galway for TB over the past five years; if so, the...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Disability Services
304. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on recruitment for the community neurological team in CHO4. [7192/24]
- Departmental Funding
306. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to advise if he has received a request for funding (details supplied); the status of this application; and if he...
- Disability Services
307. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding the community neurorehabilitation team that was committed to by the HSE in 2019 for CHO6;...
- Legislative Measures
308. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the progress of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021, given that over 12 months...
- Home Care Packages
309. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when home care support for a person (details supplied) will commence; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
310. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details as to the reason the Government failed to include capital provision in the budget for the...
- Youth Services
311. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the new Action Plan for Youth Services will be costed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7187/24]
- Departmental Funding
313. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has any plans to move to multi-annual funding, to allow medium and longer-term programming with greater...
- Departmental Schemes
314. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when will the details of the youth employability scheme be announced; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Legislative Measures
315. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what legislation anticipated will be updated if each of the referenda planned for March are passed; what those...
- Disabilities Assessments
316. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the waiting list for assessments of need for children in Clare, by time waiting, in tabular...
- Disability Services
317. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to create a database for a centralised system to monitor and manage applications and referrals for...
- Department of Health
- Social Welfare Appeals
318. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a campaign by an organisation (details supplied) calling for urgent regulation of CAMHS under the Mental Health Act 2001; if he will take...
- Hospital Services
319. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the capacity of the department of clinical genetics of Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin, as at present people living with a rare...
- Mental Health Services
320. To ask the Minister for Health about the capital plan working group tasked with the development of a ten-year plan to address the existing and future capital requirements within mental...
- Disability Services
321. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the community neurorehabilitation team that was committed to by the HSE in 2019 for CHO7; a timeline for this to come into operation;...
- Hospital Appointments Status
322. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment can be expedited (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7165/24]
- Health Strategies
323. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on implementation of each of the recommendations of the Sláintecare report of the Oireachtas Committee on the Future of Healthcare; and if...
- Hospital Appointments Status
324. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive a rheumatology appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7175/24]
- Nursing Homes
325. To ask the Minister for Health if nursing home charges will be refunded to a person (details supplied). [7176/24]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
326. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will clarify a matter concerning sensors (details supplied) used by type 1 diabetes pump users. [7177/24]
- Departmental Inquiries
327. To ask the Minister for Health what methods his Department will employ to select a chairperson for the inquiry into sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7184/24]
- Medical Cards
328. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the health services currently covered by medical cards and GP visit cards, with a view to ensuring the inclusion of blood tests; the...
- Mental Health Services
329. To ask the Minister for Health to review the urgent need for regulations and reform of CAHMS; what plans are currently in place to achieve this; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Expenditure
330. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the non-capital (current) Government expenditure on Bantry General Hospital in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Data
331. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients treated in Bantry General Hospital in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7203/24]
- Vaccination Programme
332. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will offer an option for early adoption where safe, of the MMR vaccine considering the possibility of a future larger outbreak in the...
- Health Services
334. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of genetic services throughout the country, that due to the lack of services people living with rare diseases are...
- Health Services Staff
335. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the ratification on the pay restoration proposals for section 39 workers agreed in the WRC last November; and if he will make a...
- Vaccination Programme
336. To ask the Minister for Health whether there are plans within his Department for an expansion of the Laura Brennan HPV catch-up vaccination programme; and if so, to provide details of when...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
337. To ask the Minister for Health if all of the outstanding queries submitted to the Department and KOSI relating to the categories of persons entitled to the Covid 19 recognition payment have...
- Health Services
338. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the action being taken by his Department and the HSE relative to a complaint made by the family of the late person (details supplied) while...
- Mental Health Services
339. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels within the Wexford CAMHS services; the current vacancies that are presently available within the Wexford CAMHS services, in tabular...
- Home Help Service
343. To ask the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the current number of people on waiting lists for home care in counties Roscommon and Galway; and the average time people have been...
- Mental Health Services
344. To ask the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the current number of vacancies, if any, in a facility (details supplied); the length of time the vacancy has existed; and if he...
- Dental Services
345. To ask the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the current number of dentists in counties Roscommon and Galway who are currently seeing medical card patients. [7251/24]
- Health Services Waiting Lists
346. To ask the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form the current number of children waiting for various therapies under primary care in counties Roscommon and Galway, along with the...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
347. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a new build (details supplied). [7253/24]
- Health Services Waiting Lists
349. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of children waiting for a service, in tabular form (details supplied); and the average waiting time. [7255/24]
- Health Services
350. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of additional health resources provided to communities for a specific reason (details supplied). [7257/24]
- Health Service Executive
352. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the former HSE chief strategy officer has been replaced by the acting CSO; whether a process is under way to investigate a previous procurement...
- Departmental Data
355. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, at the end of January in each of the years 2019-2024; the...
- Home Help Service
356. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists for a carer at the end of January of each year 2019-2024, inclusive; and the breakdown by length of wait,...
- Mental Health Services
358. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on CAMHS waiting lists by CHO; and length of wait at the end of January of each year 2019-2024, in tabular form. [7268/24]
- Dental Services
359. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on HSE dental and orthodontic waiting lists at the end of January of each year 2019-2024, broken down by standard waiting...
- Health Services
360. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer-related appointments and procedures which were cancelled for January for each year 2022-2024, inclusive, by hospital, for adults and for...
- Departmental Data
361. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care for January for each year 2019-2024, inclusive, at each location; the number of delayed discharges and the number as a...
- Hospital Facilities
362. To ask the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for January for each year 2019-2024, inclusive; the national average,...
- Hospital Services
363. To ask the Minister for Health the number of days that full capacity protocols have been active, for each model 3 and model 4 hospital, for January for each year 2019-2024 to date,...
- Health Service Executive
364. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities for January for each year 2019-2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [7274/24]
- Emergency Departments
366. To ask the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for January of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, statewide and for...
- Departmental Data
370. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for January of each year 2022-2024, inclusive by hospital group and...
- Ambulance Service
371. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of Clinical Status 1 ECHO and Clinical Status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
374. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on Children’s Health Ireland waiting lists at each location, including suspensions, waiting for spina bifida and/or...
- Hospital Procedures
375. To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion and other paediatric orthopaedic procedures carried out by Children’s Health Ireland in January 2019-2024 at each location,...
- Emergency Departments
376. To ask the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for each quarter of each year 2019-2023, inclusive, Statewide and...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
381. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer-related appointments and procedures which were cancelled for each quarter for each year 2022-2023, inclusive, by hospital, for adults and...
- Departmental Data
382. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care for each quarter for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, at each location in tabular form; the number of delayed discharges...
- Hospital Overcrowding
384. To ask the Minister for Health for each model 3 and model 4 hospital, the number of days that full capacity protocols have been active, for each quarter for each year 2019-2023 to date,...
- Departmental Data
385. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities for each quarter for each year 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [7295/24]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
390. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on Children's Health Ireland waiting lists at each location, including suspensions, waiting for spina bifida and/or scoliosis-related...
- Hospital Procedures
391. To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion and other paediatric orthopaedic procedures carried out by Children's Health Ireland in each year 2019-2023 by month at each...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
392. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, at the end of each year 2019-2023; the breakdown by...
- Home Help Service
393. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists for a carer at the end of each month of each year 2019-2023, inclusive; the breakdown by length of wait,...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
395. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists by CHO and length of wait at the end of each quarter of each year 2019-2023, in tabular form. [7305/24]
- Health Services
399. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to expand the parameters of the publicly-funded IVF scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7311/24]
- Health Services Staff
400. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the recruitment of the neurorehabilitation teams in CHO2, 4, 6 and 7 will commence. [7322/24]
- Departmental Licences
401. To ask the Minister for Health the number of licence applications he has received to date under Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 known as the Ministerial licence (details supplied); and if he will...
- Health Services Staff
402. To ask the Minister for Health if the recent pause on recruitment includes home care workers (home support); if so, if he will intervene to allow the HSE in CHO4 replace the 189 health care...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
403. To ask the Minister for Health if the temporary scheme of special leave with pay for healthcare workers with long-Covid will be extended past March 2024; and if he will make a statement on...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
404. To ask the Minister for Health the plans for a facility (details supplied) when it is vacated by patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7395/24]
- Primary Care Centres
405. To ask the Minister for Health further to a previous a Parliamentary Question if he will provide an update on the provision of a primary care centre in New Ross, County Wexford; and if he...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Further and Higher Education
406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide improved contracts, redress, employment conditions and pensions for adult education teachers; and if he will make a...
- Public Sector Pay
408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will offer adult education tutors parity with their post-primary colleagues doing the same work and a contract that truly...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Water Safety
409. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to confirm that Ireland has amongst the worst drowning rates in Europe; whether she intends to remedy this by increasing the number of...
- Rural Schemes
410. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will support an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7130/24]
