Written answers

Tuesday, 27 February 2024

  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Student Accommodation
      2. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the introduction of mandatory 51-week leases by private student accommodation providers; the actions he intends to take on these...
    • Further and Higher Education
      7. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position regarding the development of a facility in Killarney (details supplied) as a new training centre of excellence; and if he...
    • Education Policy
      9. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking in 2024, the European Year of Skills, to increase the uptake of lifelong learning; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Accommodation
      11. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on his Department's work on the borrowing framework for technological universities; the proposed timeline for when such a...
    • Further and Higher Education
      14. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the centre of excellence for electric vehicles in Mullingar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9075/24]
    • Education and Training Provision
      16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the Departmental subgroup on education in prisons that was proposed to be established; if it has been established; and if he will...
    • Legislative Programme
      17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the legislative programme. [3496/24]
    • Education and Training Provision
      19. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of recent reports (details supplied) that highlight critical skills and labour gaps in order to meet our 2030 targets as part of...
    • Further and Higher Education
      20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on his Department’s plans to expand the provision of education in veterinary medicine in the State; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Reviews
      22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review of the status of PhD researchers, that is, their classification as either students or employees, will be published. [9078/24]
    • Further and Higher Education
      23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the University of Limerick's recent purchase of social housing units in Rhebogue, County Limerick. [8903/24]
    • Student Accommodation
      27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he has engaged with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to restrictive 51-week tenancies for the...
    • Third Level Costs
      28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the increases to the PhD stipend that he announced as part of budget 2024 will be operational; and when PhD researchers will see this change...
    • Student Accommodation
      29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work his Department has carried out to promote the new guidelines in relation to student digs accommodation. [9110/24]
    • Education and Training Boards
      30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will deliver decent public sector work contracts for the 3,500 adult education tutors who are employed by the education and training boards;...
    • Further and Higher Education
      31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will comment on his future plans for the expansion of further and higher education in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Climate Action Plan
      32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the delayed actions his Department is leading on as part of the Climate Action Plan 2023; the proportion that have been...
    • Education Policy
      33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to encourage persons from disadvantaged backgrounds and ethnic minorities into third level education. [8775/24]
    • Third Level Reform
      34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is taking to address the current shortcomings in the provision of mental health supports for third level institutions. [9112/24]
    • Third Level Staff
      35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what actions he and his Department are taking to reduce staff-to-student ratios in higher education, given Ireland was decreed to have one of the...
    • Departmental Priorities
      36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his priorities for Kerry in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9012/24]
    • Student Accommodation
      37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement he has had to date with private student accommodation providers to prevent the practice of full-year compulsory leases; and if he...
    • Third Level Fees
      38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider putting in place a scholarship programme for radiation therapy students with a signed agreement that they would work for two...
    • Further and Higher Education
      39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on plans for development of Longford Westmeath ETB further education campus in Longford town; and if he will make a statement...
    • Third Level Education
      40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the Irish Survey of Student Engagement; and if his Department has any input into the drafting of the questions...
    • Student Accommodation
      41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an up-to-date report on the provision of student accommodation at University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin...
    • Further and Higher Education
      42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the plans to enhance disability supports for students at further and higher education centres; and if he will make a...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason some of the craft apprenticeship curriculum course syllabuses are almost 15 years old; and the steps he will take to modernise them....
    • Further and Higher Education
      44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the funding allocation to date and the timeframe for the development of Cavan Institute as a hub for further education and...
    • Student Accommodation
      46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the ability of technical universities to borrow funds to provide their own student accommodation; and if he will make a...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding progress on the public private partnership, bundle 2, specifically with reference to the funding of the engineering...
    • Student Accommodation
      50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 18 January 2024, for an update on the plans to provide additional student accommodation units for...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Forbairt na Gaeilge
      51. To ask the Taoiseach cé líon na gcainteoirí laethúla Gaeilge sa Ghaeltacht ar cainteoirí iad atá idir 3 bliana agus 4 bliana d’aois de réir...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      52. To ask the Taoiseach if the electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB) website uses a third-party assistive technology software tool (details supplied), and when an issue will be rectified. [8436/24]
    • Data Centres
      53. To ask the Taoiseach the location of the data centre or centres used by his Department; the reason it was chosen; the distance it is from his Department’s offices; if he will identify...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Foreign Policy
      54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if officials from his Department met with representatives of an organisation (details supplied) in February 2024 to discuss the ongoing...
    • Military Aircraft
      55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps taken to ensure that neither of two US military aircraft (details supplied) were on intelligence gathering missions, in...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made in relation to applications for foreign birth registration (details supplied); the reason for the delay in...
    • Middle East
      58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of an offer by a group (details supplied) which has a team of over 20 highly qualified specialist doctors, licensed and...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will establish an embassy in Algeria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8928/24]
    • Northern Ireland
      61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the projects that will receive funding in Northern Ireland over the next six years (details supplied); the departments or...
    • Passport Services
      62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated cost of reducing the passport fee to €60 for applicants aged over 80 years, based on 2023 figures. [9251/24]
    • Northern Ireland
      66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what interim measures and-or injunctions are available through the European Court of Human Rights to stop the British Government halting the...
    • Foreign Policy
      68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that the person accused of the rape and murder of an Irish citizen (details supplied) in India in March 2017 has again been...
    • Data Centres
      69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the location of the data centre or centres used by his Department; the reason it was chosen; the distance it is from his Department’s...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Energy Prices
      70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Grant Payments
      71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to review correspondence regarding energy grants (details supplied); if it is correct that this person is omitted from...
    • Defective Building Materials
      72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reasons he has delayed sanctioning the SEAI to proceed with a bespoke scheme for participants in the defective...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if fibre broadband service will be provided to an area (details supplied) as part of the current roll-out; and if he...
    • Recycling Policy
      74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 68 of 14 February 2024 (details supplied), the accessibility of the deposit return...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      75. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made to develop carbon capture and storage technologies in Ireland; if any private companies are carrying...
    • Climate Change Policy
      76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the work the Government is undertaking to prepare for a potential collapse in the Atlantic meridional overturning...
    • Departmental Bodies
      77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the officials associated with the Climate Change Advisory Council who are considered designated public officials under...
    • National Broadband Plan
      78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a location (details supplied) will have access to multiple broadband suppliers. [8751/24]
    • Legislative Measures
      79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if changes have taken place to legislation (details supplied); if so, to outline same; and if he will make a statement...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an analysis has been conducted of the volume of emissions reductions associated with each euro spent by the climate...
    • Inland Fisheries
      81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it is the latent policy of the inland fisheries division to legitimise all anthropogenic freshwater fish...
    • Departmental Consultations
      83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the appropriate assessment screening document was not made available to angling stakeholders during the...
    • Inland Fisheries
      84. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if officials in the inland fisheries division plan to conduct retrospective appropriate assessment screenings on the...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      85. 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 premises (details...
    • Waste Management
      86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the reinstitution of the price monitoring group to monitor the cost of residential waste...
    • Departmental Schemes
      87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of SEAI home energy upgrades that have been grant supported since 2020, per county; and the amount of grant...
    • Inland Fisheries
      88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a matter (details supplied). [9036/24]
    • Departmental Schemes
      89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to set out the guidelines reported to now be in place for low-usage customers accessing electricity credit payments; and...
    • Telecommunications Services
      91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will review correspondence (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9244/24]
    • Mining Industry
      92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to instances of lithium exploration in County Wicklow; the way in which permission is...
    • Departmental Schemes
      93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 30 January 2024, the steps a customer can take having already raised the...
    • Data Centres
      94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the location of the data centre or centres used by his Department; the reason it was chosen; the distance it is from his...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      95. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the defence infrastructure projects that have been completed since 2020; and the funding provided for each project, by county, in tabular format....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      97. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will engage with Defence Forces personnel who have been excluded from the pandemic recognition payment despite having worked front-line in...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • National Car Test
      98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to open up a further NCT testing centre in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8647/24]
    • Driver Test
      99. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to implementing a further driving testing centre in Wicklow taking into consideration the increasing...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 14 February 2024, if he intends to reconvene the meetings of the steering group on the flood...
    • Active Travel
      101. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding funding for a project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8758/24]
    • Climate Change Policy
      102. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the report by the Climate Change Advisory Council; if he will report on his engagement with the Minister for Finance in...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      103. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific motor taxation requirements for vehicles registered in other jurisdictions but belonging to residents in this jurisdiction...
    • Aviation Industry
      104. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views regarding licensing issues for airline pilots and the current wait times for responses from the Irish Aviation Authority...
    • Bus Services
      105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the new 82 bus route is scheduled to be in place. [8824/24]
    • Rail Network
      106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the all-Ireland strategic rail review will be open for additional actions, particularly in relation to the providing of a rail...
    • Air Strips Usage
      107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the DAA will fund the necessary works required for the runways at Dublin Airport for A380-type aircraft to be able to park at the...
    • Dublin Bus
      108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new full-time bus mechanics recruited by Dublin Bus in each of the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form....
    • Vehicle Clamping
      109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of cars clamped at each Irish Rail station in 2023 and to date in 2024; the amount collected by such clamping; and the...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if plans are in place to increase the CIÉ pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8930/24]
    • Driver Test
      111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the disparity and inconsistency in national standards with regards to the pass rates in a driving test centre (details...
    • Bus Services
      113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to the provision of fast bus services from Sligo to Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Rail Network
      114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to the upgrade of the train line from Sligo to Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Driver Test
      115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tests taken and the pass rate of all driving test centres in Dublin from 2022 to date; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Code
      116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of an anomaly with motor tax where those with a herd or flock number can avail of commercial motor tax for their van or...
    • Driver Test
      117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to address delays for driving tests; the number of tests that were cancelled, broken down by quarter in 2020,...
    • Driver Licences
      118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a driving licence will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the reason for the delay in issuing this licence; and if...
    • Rail Network
      119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when work will commence on double tracking the rail line from Athenry to Galway city; the timeframe for completion of the project; and if...
    • Taxi Licences
      120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason why, in the new regulations introduced as a consequence of Covid-19 extending the maximum permissible age for taxis on the...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update regarding increased increments for existing retired staff at CIÉ, noting that they have not received any increase...
    • Bus Éireann
      122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will contact Bus Éireann and request it implement bus stops and...
    • Road Projects
      123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe envisaged for the completion of the M11 motorway from Oylegate to Rosslare Europort; when the location of the required...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 354 of 25 March 2021 and 86 of 7 February 2024, the reason there is no definite plan for...
    • Bus Services
      125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will follow up on correspondence to the National Transport Authority (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position of the Dublin Airport Authority in relation to negotiations with taxi driver representative associations; if the authority...
    • Bus Services
      127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the introduction of BusConnects routes in the Crumlin area, specifically the proposed 82 route which is to replace the...
    • Road Safety
      129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 15 February 2024, if he will provide an itemised breakdown of how funding of €300,000...
    • Departmental Staff
      130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of WTE railway accident investigators employed by his Department in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this...
    • Departmental Records
      131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department and any relevant agency can update their records and databases to reflect the facts about a vehicle (details supplied)...
    • Road Projects
      132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that has been allocated to County Offaly on an annual basis from central government to Offaly County Council from...
    • Data Centres
      134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the location of the data centre or centres used by his Department; the reason it was chosen; the distance it is from his Department's...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance the policy rationale within his Department’s cost-rental policies for corporation tax to be charged on LDA cost rents but not AHB cost rents. [8699/24]
    • Insurance Coverage
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance if vehicles registered and insured in other countries have full insurance cover in this jurisdiction; the countries, if any, with which Ireland has mutual...
    • Student Accommodation
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 104 of 7 February and 220 of 20 February 2024, if he will identify those Irish-registered companies involved directly...
    • Tax Reliefs
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether renewable electricity generated outside the State, and which was transmitted by means of a guarantee of origin certificate through the...
    • Climate Action Plan
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagement his Department has had with Government colleagues regarding the Climate Action and Biodiversity (Mandates of Certain Organisations) Bill 2023;...
    • Business Supports
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to reopening the SBCI loans (details supplied), as well as the current funding that can be applied for; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Rebates
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance if an application for a refund of VAT relative to the purchase of a milk tank under TAMS 2, which was rejected by the Revenue Commissioners, will be examined...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance the backlog in the appeals process for the primary medical certificate (details supplied) in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, broken down by...
    • Tax Collection
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of contracts for service workers in RTÉ that have had tax deduced at source through PAYE by the Revenue Commissioners since 1980; and if he...
    • State Bodies
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of WTE vacancies, by job title, in the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman as of 20 February 2024; the estimated full-year cost of filling...
    • Departmental Meetings
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance when he last spoke formally with the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer. [8867/24]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance if funding will be made available in 2024 to purchase three additional mobile baggage scanner vans for the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will seek EU...
    • Student Accommodation
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 131 of 17 February 2021, the value of section 50 tax expenditures provided to purpose-built student accommodation in...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual increases in the retail price of the most popular price category MPPC for a 20-pack of cigarettes since 2011; the portion of the increase related...
    • Illicit Trade
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons successfully prosecuted for tobacco and-or cigarette smuggling in 2022, 2023 and for the year to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if...
    • Tax Reliefs
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify a point of policy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9118/24]
    • Tax Credits
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the inclusion of expenditure incurred on research and development activities undertaken in the green technology space for the research and...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance the process through which the Revenue Commissioners estimate tax that may have been overpaid by PAYE workers (details supplied); and, in particular, whether...
    • Financial Services
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with the Central Bank and-or the Revenue Commissioners in respect of online tax agents acting on behalf of PAYE customers; if he will...
    • Tax Data
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of home buyers in each county who have availed of the help-to-buy scheme since July 2020, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Credits
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers currently claiming the rent tax credit, by county, in tabular form. [9350/24]
    • Data Centres
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance the location of the data centre or centres used by his Department; the reason it was chosen; the distance it is from his Department’s offices; if he...
    • Climate Action Plan
      163. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the engagement his Department has had with Government colleagues regarding the Climate Action and Biodiversity (Mandates of Certain...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update in relation to a scheme (details supplied); when a reasoned conclusion on the environmental impacts of the proposed...
    • Office of Public Works
      165. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of males and females who applied for the post of chef at the most recent recruitment campaign for the OPW. [8852/24]
    • Flood Risk Management
      166. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the funding necessary to put measures in place that would prevent future devastation from flooding in an area (details supplied)...
    • Office of Public Works
      167. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Garda stations within the Dublin region that are scheduled to be refurbished by the OPW in the next six months where the costs are...
    • Public Sector Staff
      168. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the length of time it takes for requests for pension payments information to be finalised by the resignations and retirements team HR...
    • Data Centres
      169. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the location of the data centre or centres used by his Department; the reason it was chosen; the distance it is from his...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Employment Rights
      170. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the deductions payable by employers when they make a statutory sick payment to an employee; the reason these differ from those...
    • Consumer Prices
      171. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the use of dynamic pricing models by primary ticket sellers for tickets for cultural, entertainment and recreational...
    • Business Supports
      172. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will introduce a financial support package for small businesses and rural pubs to offset the recent increase in the minimum...
    • Job Losses
      173. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has engaged with management at a company (details supplied) since it was announced that the firm would be making a portion of...
    • Trade Data
      174. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of trade between Kuwait and Ireland in 2023. [8869/24]
    • Export Controls
      176. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a list of companies in Ireland that currently have dual-use export licences, in tabular form; the export value of...
    • Employment Rights
      177. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in cases in which a worker is not under the provisions of the new statutory sick scheme for workers because they are deemed to be in...
    • Consumer Rights
      178. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment given some recent media highlighting of various issues, if he can make a statement in relation to a company website (details...
    • Business Supports
      179. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the budget allocation in 2023 and 2024 for the innovation voucher scheme, in tabular form. [9249/24]
    • Employment Rights
      180. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on his engagement with external stakeholders in respect of the provision of paid leave for persons who have...
    • Consumer Prices
      181. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will request the CCPC to investigate the practices and pricing within the infant formula market under his powers in section 10...
    • Export Controls
      182. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 8 February 2024, if in light of concerns related to the ongoing genocide against...
    • Data Centres
      183. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the location of the data centre or centres used by his Department; the reason it was chosen; the distance it is from his...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will acknowledge that a rural DEIS school in County Mayo (details supplied) is being unfairly impacted by the methodology change in...
    • School Curriculum
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 196 and 197 of 15 February 2024, to provide further details in respect of her statement (details...
    • School Facilities
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding or grants are available for school playgrounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8641/24]
    • School Curriculum
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider a review of the wellbeing programme in schools with a view to further helping young people in dealing with mental...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child will receive an appointment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8651/24]
    • School Funding
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will receive music or art therapy supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8656/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Circular 02/2024 will be revised to permit more than two schools to form a cluster for the purpose of combining principal release hours with...
    • School Facilities
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided for a hall at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8672/24]
    • School Enrolments
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the serious shortage of school places for new entrants and primary school students in Portlaoise; if having regard to...
    • School Accommodation
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on a stage 2b report for a schools additional accommodation project that was received by her Department in November...
    • Special Educational Needs
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will acknowledge the concern of parents of children with special needs following the issuing of circular 0002/24 regarding special...
    • Schools Building Projects
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on plans for two primary schools in Moate, County Westmeath (details supplied); if amalgamation plans will be...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a pre-school (details supplied) is experiencing significant delays in receiving payments; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Site Acquisitions
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department’s technical team will access a site as a matter of urgency (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a school (details supplied) will be allocated funding for necessary advance works; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the severe shortage of school places for children with moderate to severe profound general learning disabilities in County...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will receive DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8812/24]
    • Site Acquisitions
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8833/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reassess the use of the IQ component criteria when assessing students who apply for assistive technology on the basis that these...
    • Grant Payments
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what grants are available for students attending modern foreign language courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8885/24]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how DEIS funding for ETB schools is allocated; the process for school principals to apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8886/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on school building projects (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8893/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 13 February 2024, if she is aware that for children with dyslexia, the support provided through...
    • School Transport
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if children (details supplied) can be accommodated on a school bus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8929/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a review of correspondence (details supplied) and if she will provide an update on this matter. [8934/24]
    • School Facilities
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance her Department is providing in relation to the shrinking of the play area at a school (details supplied) due to extensions and a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are changes being made in how resource teachers are being allocated or deployed, if she is aware of concerns expressed by Down's...
    • Teagasc na Gaeilge
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an dtabharfaidh sí sonraí i bhfoirm tábla le haghaidh na n-uaireanta teagaisc Gaeilge in aghaidh na seachtaine a bhí...
    • Special Educational Needs
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how her Department is liaising with the Minister for Education and the Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion in the matter of...
    • School Accommodation
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on her plans to deliver a modular building to accommodate the ASD unit at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Staff
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider increasing the salary paid to school bus escorts as it is only 70 cent above the national minimum wage; and if she will make...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a school (details supplied) is the only school in the Donegal Gaeltacht that has not been identified for DEIS funding under the refined DEIS...
    • School Curriculum
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of all second level education institutions aided by her Department in which instruction in higher mathematics was...
    • School Accommodation
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question 181 on 7 February 2024, if she will outline a definite date for the completion of the feasibility study; the...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school in County Kerry (details supplied) will be considered for DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9206/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the impact the decision to eliminate the category of complex educational needs from consideration when allocating special...
    • School Accommodation
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on progress under the additional accommodation scheme for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Staff
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason future employment contracts for school secretaries do not include provisions for bereavement leave and wedding leave, in accordance...
    • Schools Building Projects
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a review being undertaken by her Department in respect of a stage 2B submission will be finalised and the school (details supplied)...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the most up-to-date progress on the proposed upgrade to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9378/24]
    • Data Centres
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of the data centre or centres used by her Department; the reason it was chosen; the distance it is from her Department’s...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Sports Funding
      239. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider providing support to a club (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9237/24]
    • Environmental Policy
      241. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the environmental initiatives being carried out (details supplied); if her officials could...
    • Sports Funding
      243. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on a sports capital application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8935/24]
    • Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
      247. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé líon na naíonraí agus na naíscoileanna Gaeltachta a fhaigheann maoiniú ó Údarás na...
    • Teagasc na Gaeilge
      248. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén bhliain inar cuireadh tús le Scéim Labhairt na Gaeilge a bhí ann roimhe seo agus cén ráta a...
    • Scéimeanna Teanga
      249. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén ráta a fhaigheann mná tí in aghaidh an dalta faoi Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge. [9048/24]
    • Teagasc na Gaeilge
      250. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sé figiúirí maidir le líon na mac léinn lasmuigh den tír atá ag fáil...
    • Legislative Measures
      251. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill and General Scheme of the Bill will be published; and if she will make a...
    • Sports Events
      252. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is a set financial exposure limit on the Irish taxpayers commitment associated with Ireland hosting the Ryder Cup in...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      255. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to review correspondence (details supplied); if she can provide an update on this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Measures
      256. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she expects the register for short-term tourist letting to be in operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Commemorative Events
      257. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans to celebrate and commemorate the Irish born, internationally recognised and celebrated arctic explorer, Ernest...
    • Data Centres
      258. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the location of the data centre or centres used by her Department; the reason it was chosen; the distance it is from her...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Environmental Policy
      259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated annual investment of private funding in biodiversity projects; if a breakdown can be provided regarding the...
    • Water Services
      260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the complaints procedure with Irish Water; and the process for escalating such a complaint. [8634/24]
    • Housing Schemes
      261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of concerns in Fingal that the ceiling for the first home scheme is insufficient; if he is aware of queries as...
    • Tax Code
      263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the policy rationale for applying corporation tax at the rate of 25% to LDA rental profits; and if this policy decision was...
    • Housing Policy
      264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how the equity portion of an affordable home delivered under the affordable housing fund is represented in the registration of...
    • Waterways Ireland
      265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that Waterways Ireland is in the process of issuing a licence to the Portaneena Marina based in the Killinure...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on previous representations made to his Department on behalf of a club (details supplied); if his...
    • Fire Service
      268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average wait time for fire brigade attendance at a scene, following a call to emergency services, in each county. [8754/24]
    • Planning Issues
      269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government time taken for approval by an Bord Pleanála for large- and small-scale residential developments, respectively, in each...
    • Vacant Properties
      270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend a timeline the completion of works (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8765/24]
    • Planning Issues
      271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider an exemption in planning laws for people wishing to construct timber cabins (details supplied); and if he...
    • Hedge Cutting
      272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider extending the 1 March 2024 deadline for hedge cutting, given the excessive rain, land is completely...
    • Rental Sector
      273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide updated figures on the number of private rental inspections completed; the number of dwellings inspected...
    • Water Services
      274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of residential units which are awaiting water connections in each local authority area; the average wait time for...
    • Housing Schemes
      275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for the updated acquisition cost guidelines (ACG) for the cost rental tenant in situ scheme. [8851/24]
    • Departmental Staff
      276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE solicitors employed by his Department in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and the civil service...
    • Hedge Cutting
      277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide urgent clarity regarding the ending of the cutting season (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Housing Schemes
      278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide clarification on the significant delays experienced by certain tenants in the processing of their...
    • International Protection
      281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a property (details supplied) will be used by his Department for beneficiaries of temporary protection under the emergency...
    • Local Elections
      282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of persons prohibited from running for local authority elections; if employees of a public body are...
    • Septic Tanks
      284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an urgent review of adjustment of zones pertaining to a new national scheme for grants to upgrade or replace septic tanks...
    • International Protection
      285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties that have been refurbished under the refurbishment programme for accommodating beneficiaries of...
    • Defective Building Materials
      286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government which stakeholders contributed to the review of the implementation of the defective concrete blocks scheme from July to...
    • Public Sector Pay
      287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 99 of 22 November 2023, if a review of SI No. 216/2004 and Circular letter LG(P) 06/09...
    • Local Authorities
      288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the apparent withdrawal of a motion supporting child abuse victims by the CEO of Louth County Council in May...
    • Housing Provision
      289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total cost to date of the modular units built on State-owned lands itemised, by cost per unit and by location; and if he...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if sanction is required by the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive for the purpose of signing contracts for homeless...
    • Wildlife Protection
      291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 1 February 2024, the number of cases that were unsuccessful in meeting the...
    • Housing Schemes
      292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of pre-2011 RAS tenants who are on the Galway County Council special transfer list; and if he will make a statement...
    • Legislative Measures
      296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he intends to commence part 4 and 5 of the Electoral Reform Act 2022; if he intends for these parts of the Act to be in...
    • Rental Sector
      297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce new measures, legislative or otherwise, to tackle the practise of some landlords knowingly allowing...
    • Housing Policy
      298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to restrict no fault evictions; and the proposals which have been explored by his Department in respect of no fault...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on nutrition and access to play areas and recreational facilities for children in emergency accommodation; and if he...
    • Domestic Violence
      300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expenditure on women's refuges in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023; and the projected expenditure for 2024. [9314/24]
    • Local Authorities
      301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to collect data on the role and function of staff at local authorities, as part of his Department's workforce...
    • Data Centres
      302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the location of the data centre or centres used by his Department; the reason it was chosen; the distance it is from his...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      303. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are any State supports available to a family whose home has been seriously damaged by a lightning strike and who may...
    • Social Welfare Code
      304. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the period a person can receive carer's benefit will be increased from 104 to 156 weeks; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will increase the savings threshold for the exceptional needs payment from €5,000 to €10,000 to reflect...
    • EU Funding
      306. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the appeal by a charity (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      307. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current position regarding the Irish sign language voucher scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8799/24]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      308. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has investigated a scenario (details supplied) and how this can be resolved so that anyone in a similar situation can...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      309. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a carer’s allowance (details supplied) will be considered in far greater detail on appeal, and...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      310. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will give due consideration to adding long Covid to the list of diseases for which workers who have the required...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      311. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the back to education allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9026/24]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      312. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a decision in regard to a carer’s allowance appeal in respect...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      313. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine and comment on an issue regarding the household benefits package (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      314. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details...
    • Departmental Staff
      315. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider allocating each application for carer's allowance to a specific staff member in the relevant section of...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      316. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in cases in which a worker is not under the provisions of the new statutory sick scheme for workers because they are deemed...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      317. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that an invalidity pension application for a person (details supplied) is approved on appeal. [9204/24]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      318. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware that the fuel allowance means assessment includes income from the sale of a person’s own home even if...
    • Departmental Staff
      320. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of WTE staff, by grade working in the special investigation unit of her Department as of 20 February 2024. [9259/24]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      321. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a domiciliary care allowance award in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who was waiting for a HSE...
    • Energy Prices
      322. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) relating to cancer patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9344/24]
    • Departmental Data
      323. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that persons in receipt of disability allowance must share their boarding pass with her Department in order to...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      324. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider revising the long-term carers contribution scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9379/24]
    • Data Centres
      325. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the location of the data centre or centres used by her Department; the reason it was chosen; the distance it is from her...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Drug and Alcohol Testing
      326. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of learner drivers who were detected drink driving each year, from 2020 to date in 2024; the number convicted in...
    • Legislative Measures
      327. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the draft Bill to give effect to one of the central recommendations of the working group to examine the disregard of...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      329. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish an owners' management company (OMC) regulator on an interim non-statutory basis to address conflicts of...
    • Departmental Consultations
      330. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if officials in her Department will make contact with representatives of an organisation (details supplied) concerning...
    • Departmental Data
      331. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details on the number of applications received by her Department for the Ireland immigrant investor...
    • An Garda Síochána
      332. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average wait time for garda attendances at a scene, following a call to both emergency services and local Garda stations,...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      335. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the significant delays in processing times for naturalisation applications and in the sending of...
    • An Garda Síochána
      338. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the next date on which new Garda recruits will enter Garda training college. [8853/24]
    • Prison Service
      339. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people held in solitary confinement within the Irish Prison Service for 21 hours or more, or locked up for more...
    • An Garda Síochána
      340. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of WTE civilian intelligence analysists at the grade of administrative officer employed within An Garda...
    • Travel Documents
      344. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fines issued to airlines for allowing people into the country without documentation in the past five years, in...
    • Court Judgments
      346. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 512 of 7 March 2023, and a subsequent reply (details supplied), if she will report on...
    • Gambling Sector
      347. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the alignment between the objective of the Gambling Regulation Bill to protect vulnerable persons and the...
    • Domestic Violence
      349. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if additional funding will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) in Kerry in 2024; and if she will make a statement...
    • Legislative Measures
      351. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider putting a regulator in place to assist people in availing of the remediation scheme in respect of the not...
    • Immigration Status
      353. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to update a stamp to stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied) who is currently working...
    • Asylum Applications
      354. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will compassionately examine an asylum application by a person (details supplied) and expedite a decision, given the...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      355. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) can expect her passport and other relevant paperwork to issue following a naturalisation...
    • State Bodies
      357. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of WTE vacancies, by job title currently in the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland; and when she expects each...
    • Domestic Violence
      358. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated current and capital costs of providing eight additional staffed family refuge spaces. [9263/24]
    • EU Funding
      359. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána or her Department has made funding applications for projects under the EU Anti-Fraud Programme...
    • An Garda Síochána
      360. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of WTE civilian equine instructors working in the Garda mounted unit in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form....
    • Ukraine War
      361. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review case (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9283/24]
    • Prison Service
      362. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of serving or past members of An Garda Síochána who applied for positions within the Prison Service...
    • An Garda Síochána
      363. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current staffing levels in a Garda station (details supplied); the opening hours of the station; and if she will make a...
    • Victim Support Services
      364. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will respond to and his views on a press release from an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Data Centres
      365. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the location of the data centre or centres used by her Department; the reason it was chosen; the distance it is from her...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Schemes
      366. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on a derogation appeal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8677/24]
    • Forestry Sector
      367. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the sources of information, and if the information was peer reviewed, that led to the development of the new bird and bird foraging...
    • Agriculture Supports
      371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farm (details supplied) will be considered as eligible for social farming funding; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of 2023 BISS applicants in Ireland that have encountered Departmental IT issues in relation the computation of space for...
    • Forestry Sector
      375. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the entire amount spent under the RUS since 2020; the amount spent under the new forestry scheme 2023-2027 to date; and if he will...
    • Animal Welfare
      378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 14 February 2024, if he will acknowledge that the fox hunting codes of practice he...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      380. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce funding for a new tillage incentive and sustainability scheme for 2024 to support new and existing farmers in...
    • Harbours and Piers
      381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a progress report on the west wharf extension and return project for Dunmore East Harbour, to which €300,000 was allocated...
    • Civil Service
      384. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE solicitors employed by his Department in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and the civil service grade...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of farmer scheme payments made on a per county basis for the year 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Animal Welfare
      391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the fate of all thoroughbred horses that have been sold to China; and if he is concerned about the announcement that racing is to...
    • Forestry Sector
      395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why there is a delay in the Forest Service granting afforestation licences, which are required to meet our national afforestation...
    • Agriculture Supports
      396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons for the delay in paying farmers the ECO payment that is due to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9154/24]
    • Greyhound Industry
      399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of revenue generated through hospitality sales at Shelbourne Park Greyhound Stadium in 2023 and to-date in 2024; and the...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      400. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Horse Racing Ireland publishes figures for race attendees including everyone who attends even those who gain free admission for...
    • Data Centres
      401. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the location of the data centre or centres used by her Department; the reason it was chosen; the distance it is from her...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      402. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that many lawyers are refusing to sign papers creating an enduring power of attorney, where...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      403. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will intervene in the case of a child (details supplied) awaiting an essential ASD assessment; and if he...
    • Disability Services
      404. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how his Department is liaising with the Minister for Education and the Minister of State for Special Education...
    • International Protection
      408. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can give assurances that transport issues (details supplied) at Kilbride Army Base International...
    • Care Services
      410. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if full-time residential care will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs
      411. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a school (details supplied) will receive speech and language support; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      415. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the Government’s redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes is expected to be open for...
    • Disability Services
      416. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that can be taken to assist a child (details supplied) whose life is being impacted profoundly by the...
    • Childcare Services
      417. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail the number of children in each county who benefited from supports under the national childcare...
    • Grant Payments
      418. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of a grant application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disabilities Assessments
      419. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will investigate the delay in providing an assessment of need for a child (details supplied) who urgently...
    • Agriculture Supports
      420. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will revert to this Deputy on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • International Protection
      421. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of IPAS applicants now residing in a facility (details supplied), by status that is, male, female or...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      422. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an assessment for a person (details supplied) will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services
      423. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of a facility (details supplied); his plans for the facility; the stage of the plans; and if he will...
    • International Protection
      425. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the stages involved in the assessment of properties offered for IPAS accommodation; the timeframe for assessment...
    • Health Service Executive
      426. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8811/24]
    • Departmental Inquiries
      427. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what analysis his Department has carried out in regard to the impact on existing law and policy of the proposed...
    • Departmental Reports
      428. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the interdepartmental committee that was established to examine the recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly...
    • Departmental Reviews
      429. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the review of equality legislation; the timeline for the completion of the review; the expected...
    • Disability Services
      430. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children with disabilities on waiting lists for overnight respite care within CHO7; and the number...
    • Health Services Staff
      432. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE social workers and dietitians attached to a centre (details supplied) in each of the years...
    • Asylum Seekers
      433. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what efforts are being made to promote awareness of Irish legislation in reception centres; and if he will make...
    • International Protection
      434. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of the properties for which his Department currently has lease arrangements for the...
    • Direct Provision System
      436. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the short and medium-term plans for Mosney direct provision centre; if there are any plans to transfer residents...
    • Departmental Funding
      437. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding available for a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8919/24]
    • Childcare Services
      438. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the delay in the inspection by HIQA and Tusla of a crèche (details supplied); if he will...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      439. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a child (details supplied) in south Tipperary will have a full cognitive assessment funded privately due to...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      440. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of early years education settings receiving public funding in the Gaeltacht, and the number of...
    • International Protection
      441. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm the payment rates per resident per night to each property owner accommodating international...
    • Children in Care
      442. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of special emergency accommodation companies that have been set up, or contracted, by Tusla in...
    • Health Services
      443. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to indicate if an ADHD assessment can be secured for a person (details supplied);; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services
      444. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide information (details supplied) for the CDNTs in CHO 6 for each month from January 2022 to April 2023;...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      445. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the regional assessment hubs for CHO1 will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff
      446. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what steps are being taken to increase recruitment of SLTs, OTs, physiotherapists and psychologists for...
    • Disability Services
      448. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number and types of posts that are vacant in an organisation (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      450. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the action plan for survivors and former residents of mother and baby and county home...
    • Departmental Contracts
      452. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of the contract that exists between his Department and the operators...
    • Childcare Services
      453. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of an increase in providers leaving the core funding model; the steps his Department is taking on...
    • Disability Services
      454. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a report on the provision of disability respite services in CHO7 in 2023 and to date in 2024....
    • Health Services Staff
      458. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE clinical nurse specialists in behaviours of concern working within CHO areas 3 and 5 in 2023...
    • Direct Provision System
      459. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of adults and children in direct provision centres, broken down by centre, in County Wicklow; and if...
    • Disability Services
      461. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that the proposed buildings to be used in children disability network teams in area 9 have...
    • Departmental Consultations
      464. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on his engagement with external stakeholders in respect of the provision of paid leave for...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      465. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it will be possible for a person to apply for the mother and baby institutions payment scheme if their...
    • Childcare Services
      466. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available to assist childcare providers availing of ECCE funding with the extra costs associated...
    • Disability Services
      467. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9382/24]
    • Data Centres
      468. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the location of the data centre or centres used by his Department; the reason it was chosen; the distance it is...
  • Department of Health
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      469. To ask the Minister for Health when he will reinstate the provision of clothing for people with breast cancer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9329/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      470. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the HSE recruitment embargo; if concerns of existing staff in HSE settings are being considered as part of negotiations on lifting it;...
    • Health Strategies
      471. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the national stroke strategy is to be funded in 2024; the items of expenditure that will be funded; the funding that is being made available...
    • Health Service Executive
      472. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that there is a serious backlog of unpaid invoices from suppliers to the HSE; if he will confirm the approximate delay time involved in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      474. To ask the Minister for Health when a bed will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8646/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      475. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact a person (details supplied) has had their procedure cancelled twice at short notice; and if the operation will take...
    • Hospital Services
      476. To ask the Minister for Health for the steps his Department is taking regarding the provision of a dedicated diabetes care unit in University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      477. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dedicated whole-time equivalent consultant endocrinologists, dietitians, advanced nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, staff nurses,...
    • Hospital Staff^
      479. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to ensure the HSE has the necessary funding and support for recruitment to ensure that University Hospital Waterford has the...
    • Hospital Staff
      480. To ask the Minister for Health if contingency plans are in place for staffing of the diabetes unit in University Hospital Waterford, as a model 4 hospital, to ensure adequate cover in the...
    • Hospital Services
      481. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults attending University Hospital Waterford with type 1 diabetes who have requested insulin pump therapy and when those patients can expect to...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      482. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who are awaiting an appointment to see an endocrinologist over the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Procedures
      483. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new insulin pump starts done in all hospitals within the RCSI Hospitals Group in people aged between zero to 17 years and those aged 18 years or...
    • Healthcare Policy
      484. To ask the Minister for Health when the Sláintecare project on the development of a national diabetes register will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8669/24]
    • Hospital Admissions
      485. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital admissions that occurred through the University Hospital Waterford accident and emergency or the acute medical assessment units due to...
    • Medical Cards
      486. To ask the Minister for Health when the medical cards of persons (details supplied) are due to expire. [8673/24]
    • Health Services
      487. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive speech and language therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8691/24]
    • Hospital Facilities
      488. To ask the Minister for Health the number of critical care beds, by type, at each Children’s Health Ireland location in each January in each of the years 2012 to ]2024, in tabular...
    • Hospital Staff
      489. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved posts attached to each critical care bed at each location within Children’s Health Ireland in each January in each of the years...
    • National Children's Hospital
      490. To ask the Minister for Health the status of naming the new children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8707/24]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      491. To ask the Minister for Health if a financial assessment of the costs of repurposing a hospital (details supplied) has been carried out or considered; if an estimate is available or can be...
    • Departmental Contracts
      492. To ask the Minister for Health if he is confident that all contracts put to tender are awarded to companies that meet the tender criteria; and if it were to be identified where one clearly...
    • Health Service Executive
      493. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that residents living in HSE-owned properties at a location (details supplied) cannot access grants or any other supports for insulation or...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      494. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); what options are available to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8717/24]
    • Medicinal Products
      496. To ask the Minister for Health if romosozumab, which is used to treat women with severe osteoporosis, is also approved by the EMT for use in Ireland for men with severe osteoporosis (details...
    • Health Services
      497. To ask the Minister for Health the practices of the national gender service that consultants are concerned would be affected by a potential ban on conversion therapy, as referenced in a...
    • Ambulance Service
      499. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce waiting times for ambulance arrival; and if he will supply a breakdown of average wait times in each county. [8752/24]
    • Prescription Charges
      500. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove prescription fees for medical cardholders. [8757/24]
    • Mental Health Commission
      501. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the regulation of CAMHS, which would ensure that recommendations on governance and clinical reform made by the Mental Health Commission can...
    • Legislative Process
      502. To ask the Minister for Health if proposed amendments (details supplied) will come before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8761/24]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      503. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding special leave with pay for front-line healthcare workers who are suffering with long Covid; if a further extension or an alternative...
    • Healthcare Policy
      504. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an update for survivors of the vaginal mesh controversy; if a scheme or some level of assistance will be offered to women left in this situation;...
    • Mental Health Policy
      505. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the long-term illness scheme only includes mental health conditions for persons under 16 years of age; his plans to extend this beyond 16 years of...
    • Health Service Executive
      506. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE plans to award a tender for a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8803/24]
    • Hospital Admissions
      507. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of inpatients admitted to Bantry General Hospital in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; the average length of stay for each patient, in tabular...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      509. To ask the Minister for Health if plans are in place to expand the HSE national pilot for ADHD in adults, which is currently restricted to three CHOs, to provide access to assessments and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      510. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients removed from hospital waiting lists through validation processes for each year 2019 to 2023, by reason for removal, in tabular form....
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      511. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 84, 89, 94, 96, 113, 131 and 148 of 24 November 2023, regarding a case (details supplied) as it related to the primary...
    • Hospital Services
      512. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the expert review of the paediatric orthopaedic surgery service at CHI; the timeline for the completion of the review; if he has received any...
    • Legislative Measures
      513. To ask the Minister for Health when the promised mental health Bill will be brought forward for debate on Second Stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8848/24]
    • Health Services
      516. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses, vehicles and doctors based in each D-Doc treatment centre in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if these numbers will be...
    • Hospital Facilities
      517. To ask the Minister for Health when phase one of the development of the major trauma centre at the Mater hospital will be completed. [8859/24]
    • Dental Services
      518. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dentists and dental nurses working in primary care centres within CHO7 in each of the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form....
    • Ambulance Service
      519. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hazardous emergency response vehicles in the national ambulance service fleet in each of the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular...
    • Hospital Services
      520. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who attended each outpatients clinic at CHI Temple Street in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [8862/24]
    • Dental Services
      521. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expediate a dental appointment for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8891/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      524. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting appointments for primary care psychology in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8912/24]
    • Primary Care Centres
      525. To ask the Minister for Health what services are currently provided in Balbriggan primary care centre; what additional services are planned to be introduced; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      526. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take the necessary steps to extend the temporary scheme of paid leave for public health service employees unfit for work post Covid infection as a...
    • Dental Services
      527. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any provision to encourage the establishment of dental practices in towns currently without them; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Staff
      528. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine based at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [8954/24]
    • Health Services
      529. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to establish a minor injuries clinic on the Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal. [8955/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      530. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE orthopaedic registrars based at Roscommon University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [8956/24]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      533. To ask the Minister for Health the refurbishment works that were carried out at Bantry General Hospital in 2022 and 2023; and to detail the refurbishment works that are likely to commence at...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      534. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting period for occupational therapists within primary care services in County Offaly. [8960/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      535. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists working in University Hospital Limerick in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [8961/24]
    • Primary Care Centres
      536. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of a primary care centre in New Ross, County Wexford, and the services that will be provided when it opens. [8962/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      537. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant plastic surgeons working in Portlaoise regional hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [8963/24]
    • Hospital Services
      538. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the Rotunda Maternity Hospital on access to private diagnosis in each of the years 2020 to 2023, inclusive, by firm, in tabular form. [8964/24]
    • Dental Services
      539. To ask the Minister for Health the names of dentists within CHO 9 currently accepting new medical cardholders, in tabular form. [8965/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      540. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in each community hospital within Galway in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Charges
      541. To ask the Minister for Health the revenue generated by car parking charges at Mullingar General Hospital in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [8967/24]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      542. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in Waterford waiting to be assessed for a carer; and the timeframe for when they will be assessed. [8968/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      543. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrars in cardiothoracic surgery at Cork University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [8969/24]
    • Hospital Admissions
      544. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients treated in Nenagh General Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [8970/24]
    • Hospital Equipment
      545. To ask the Minister for Health the number of portable cardiac echo machines in use at University Hospital Waterford. [8971/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      546. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE ophthalmologist registrars working in Sligo University Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [8972/24]
    • Ambulance Service
      548. To ask the Minister for Health the number of rapid response vehicles available on a 24-7 basis in County Cavan in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [8974/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      550. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE emergency department nurses working in Tallaght University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this number will be...
    • Mental Health Services
      551. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for an appointment through the counselling in primary care service, by CHO area and by time waiting, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Health Services Staff
      555. To ask the Minister for Health when an ex gratia payment will issue to a former employee (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8996/24]
    • Disability Services
      556. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that a programme designed to help and support people with ADHD has been unexpectedly cut by the HSE (details supplied); the reason funding was...
    • Ambulance Service
      557. To ask the Minister for Health the number of advanced paramedics working in the National Ambulance Service. [9007/24]
    • Hospital Facilities
      560. To ask the Minister for Health the impediments that exist to the opening of more beds at West Kerry Community Hospital; if the recruitment of additional healthcare assistants is a feasible...
    • Mental Health Services
      561. To ask the Minister for Health if Glenwood House, Carrigaline, has opened as a residential mental health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9061/24]
    • Nursing Homes
      566. To ask the Minister for Health if the new Nenagh community nursing home will be open before June 2024. [9071/24]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      568. To ask the Minister for Health to provide data regarding the number of retail outlets registered to sell tobacco on the National Register of Tobacco retailers in 2023 and to date in 2024;...
    • Departmental Data
      572. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding provided for tobacco cessation services per year from 2013 to 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Reports
      574. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will be commissioning an updated 2024 report assessing the economic cost of smoking, following on from the 2016 ICF international report; and...
    • Departmental Contracts
      576. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount paid to an out-of-hours GP service by his Department under a service level agreement in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Emergency Departments
      577. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the current situation where 450,000-plus people in CHO 3 can only avail of one emergency department at UHL Dooradoyle, which is...
    • Patient Transport
      578. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of transporting patients in CHO 3 to haemodialysis treatment by taxi for each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Eating Disorders
      579. To ask the Minister for Health if he will comment on the funding provided for treatment centres and specialist community services to support those with eating disorders in CHO 3; and if he...
    • Health Services Staff
      580. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses and areas covered by each in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9125/24]
    • Eating Disorders
      581. To ask the Minister for Health the number of specialist dieticians, nutrition specialists and therapists specialising in eating disorders who work out of Ennis General Hospital through the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      582. To ask the Minister for Health if he will put in place a scheme for healthcare professionals suffering from ongoing complications from Covid-19 contracted in the course of their work during...
    • Hospital Services
      583. To ask the Minister for Health when physiotherapy and occupational therapy services will be reinstated for patients and residents at a hospital (details supplied). [9149/24]
    • Departmental Data
      584. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the number of patients, both long-term and short-term, who are resident in a hospital (details supplied), in tabular form. [9150/24]
    • Dental Services
      585. To ask the Minister for Health when dental services will be reinstated for patients and residents at a hospital (details supplied). [9151/24]
    • Healthcare Policy
      586. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the current policy of step down and convalescent patients being transferred from a hospital (details supplied). [9152/24]
    • Hospital Services
      587. To ask the Minister for Health when the day centre service will be reinstated to a hospital (details supplied). [9153/24]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      588. To ask the Minister for Health for a monthly breakdown of waiting list numbers for each discipline and care group across each geographical area of the Cork-Kerry primary care services from...
    • Health Services Staff
      590. To ask the Minister for Health for monthly details of staffing levels and recruitment for each discipline and within each care group across each geographical area of the Cork-Kerry primary...
    • Hospital Services
      592. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a foot clinic is no longer held in Tallaght University Hospital; and if there are plans to resume this vital service. [9181/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      593. To ask the Minister for Health when a person can expect an appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9182/24]
    • Medicinal Products
      594. To ask the Minister for Health if the new drug Veoza will be available in Ireland on the drugs payment scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9188/24]
    • General Practitioner Services
      595. To ask the Minister for Health if a process is under way to replace a GP who is leaving an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9196/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      596. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9200/24]
    • General Practitioner Services
      597. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will reinstate the five-days-a-week doctor-GP service at the Churchill Health Centre, County Donegal. [9203/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      599. To ask the Minister for Health whether the recent decision in the parity claim of medical scientists with biochemists, which has put both categories on the same payscales from January 2024,...
    • Mental Health Services
      600. To ask the Minister for Health further to a previous parliamentary question, if he will provide a comprehensive update on the need for an immediate appointment with CAMHS for a child...
    • Health Services Staff
      601. To ask the Minister for Health when nursing and midwife staff will be excluded from the employment embargo in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9215/24]
    • Cancer Services
      603. To ask the Minister for Health the number of individuals who received an invitation to take part in BowelScreen on a quarterly basis from quarter 1 2016 to the end of 2023; and the absolute...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      611. To ask the Minister for Health when a bed for further testing and procedures can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      612. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ask the HSE or Saolta University Health Care Group to commence the process of identifying a site in Letterkenny, County Donegal, for a two-theatre...
    • Hospital Staff
      613. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons attached to Croom Orthopaedic Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [9252/24]
    • Health Promotion
      614. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who availed of HSE anti-smoking courses within CHOs 3 and 5 in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [9253/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      615. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacancies, by job title, in the HSE national antimicrobial resistant team; the full-year cost of filling each of the vacancies; and when each...
    • Hospital Staff
      616. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE secretaries working in the neurology department of Cork University Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [9255/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      617. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE emergency medicine registrars based in the Cashel minor injuries unit in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [9256/24]
    • Hospital Facilities
      618. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will deliver a minor injury unit to be based at Carndonagh Community Hospital as part of the plan to reduce attendances at the crisis-laden...
    • Hospital Staff
      619. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an ANP for adult diabetes services has not been agreed and appointed at Letterkenny University Hospital, considering the long waiting lists for...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      621. To ask the Minister for Health the status of standardising post-mastectomy supports; if any areas will see a decrease in supports; the reason why the HSE does not directly provide...
    • Hospital Facilities
      622. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that ten years since the major flood at Letterkenny University Hospital, the onsite outpatient clinic has not been...
    • Health Strategies
      624. To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to launch the national strategy on diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9287/24]
    • Health Services
      625. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an outline of the treatment available for dementia patients in County Mayo, including investments in services and strategic plans to improve these...
    • Hospital Staff
      626. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Letterkenny University Hospital was not allocated advanced nurse practitioner posts in the recent allocation made; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      627. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the HSE survey to measure the prevalence of long Covid in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9298/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      628. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has not appointed a child psychologist to work with children living with diabetes in Donegal, as would be normal practice across the State....
    • Medicinal Products
      629. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of medicines dispensed, with a breakdown of those which are still under patent and those off patent, for each of the years ending December 2019, 2020,...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      630. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9323/24]
    • Departmental Schemes
      631. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update for people in receipt of the special leave with pay scheme who are not able to return to work; if the scheme will be replaced with...
    • Cancer Services
      632. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9345/24]
    • Data Centres
      633. To ask the Minister for Health the location of the data centre or centres used by his Department; the reason it was chosen; the distance it is from his Department’s offices; if he...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Qualifications Recognition
      634. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of professional added years for a person (details supplied). [8678/24]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      635. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 581 of 7 February 2024, the breakdown, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8834/24]
    • Third Level Education
      636. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposal to increase the number of places on first year veterinary medicine and dentistry for Irish students for the 2024-2025 academic year....
    • Further and Higher Education
      637. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital works projects that received EU funding in each of the years of 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024; and the amount of EU funding that was...
    • Education and Training Boards
      638. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if grants are available for students who attend modern foreign language courses through ETB's; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Further and Higher Education
      639. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) can transfer their college course from Letterkenny to Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8979/24]
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      640. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an ndéanfaidh sé cur síos ar na hathruithe reachtúla atá tarlaithe maidir le stádas na Gaeilge nó riachtanais...
    • Third Level Education
      641. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the newly released scheme to support children leaving State care with free accommodation when going into third level education;...
    • Further and Higher Education
      642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which efforts continue to be made to ensure the availability of adequate qualified staffing levels to meet the requirements of the...
    • Third Level Costs
      643. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what financial supports are available for undergraduate students who study in Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9235/24]
    • Third Level Education
      644. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the number of undergraduate new entrants in pharmacy by 20%, broken down by the number of additional new...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      645. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the employer-led national apprenticeship programme in respect of the local government sector. [9316/24]
    • Further and Higher Education
      648. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied the number of places for students wishing to pursue courses of an academic or technical nature is adequate; and if he will...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      649. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects the number of training/apprenticeship places to be sufficient to meet the demand in each of the next five years;...
    • Research Funding
      650. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his Department is upgrading the research sector with a view to maximisation of benefit for Irish students and ultimately the...
    • Data Centres
      660. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of the data centre or centres used by his Department; the reason it was chosen; the distance it is from his Department’s...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Schemes
      661. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when another round of community recognition fund applications will take place; if she will provide details of the organisations in...
    • Na hOileáin amach ón gCósta
      662. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development ar aontaigh a Roinn le leasú ar thearmaí an chonartha lastais chuig Inis Meáin atá á rith ag comhlucht...
    • Community Development Projects
      663. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a scheme to support the provision of sensory rooms within community centres will be developed; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Schemes
      664. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the rules, terms and conditions of the community services scheme administered by Pobal explicitly exclude community organisations...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      665. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider a funding stream for community organisations to purchase land and/or buildings for development for sporting and...
    • Control of Dogs
      666. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is undertaking a review of the controls on dangerous dogs; the terms of reference, and the date on which consultations close;...
    • Departmental Schemes
      667. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the outdoor recreation application by a group (details supplied). [9297/24]
    • Control of Dogs
      669. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the work of the stakeholder group working on the control of dogs; when the group will next meet; whether additional...
    • Local Authorities
      670. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will allocate additional funding to Clare County Council to help clear the significant backlog for local improvement scheme...
    • Data Centres
      671. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the location of the data centre or centres used by her Department; the reason it was chosen; the distance it is from her...

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