Written answers

Tuesday, 5 March 2024

  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Rural Schemes
      51. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she expects the Leader Programme to address the multiple issues affecting urban and rural communities throughout...
    • Water Safety
      53. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her agenda for improving Ireland’s drowning rate, with regard to her responsibility for Water Safety Ireland; to provide details...
    • Road Projects
      56. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department plans to release further funding for local roads across east Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Community Development Projects
      57. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 26 September 2023, the details of the successful projects under the €20 million fund...
    • Rural Schemes
      58. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the allocation of funding for Cork city and county through the Leader Programme for applications made in 2023;...
    • Island Communities
      59. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 99 of 30 January 2024, the status of the development of Caladh Mór on Inis Meáin; the...
    • Library Services
      62. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development what efforts are underway to increase library membership and participation; and to provide an update on membership numbers at local...
    • Rural Schemes
      63. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the closing date for applications under the present round of applications to the Rural and Regional Regeneration Fund; when the next...
    • Water Safety
      64. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her recent engagements with the board of Water Safety Ireland regarding recommended equipment guidelines for lifeguarding that it...
    • Departmental Policies
      66. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the degree to which her Department continues to assess the emerging needs of urban and rural communities throughout the country with a...
    • Community Development Projects
      68. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the support available through her Department for the establishment of community associations in areas identified on the Pobal...
    • Departmental Policies
      69. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the Government commitment to introduce a rural proofing model. [10406/24]
    • Rural Schemes
      70. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she expects to announce successful ORIS applications; if her attention has been drawn to the strand 3 application from Kerry...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      71. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on any engagement her Department has had with the Department of Transport and the Department of Housing,...
    • Rural Schemes
      72. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide the up to date position for a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10362/24]
    • Community Development Projects
      73. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to set out the total amount of money allocated to each project in the Cork area under community development programmes; and if she will...
    • International Protection
      74. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans for an enhanced community benefit fund for towns that have large IPAS accommodation centres; and if she will make a statement...
    • Road Projects
      75. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is aware of the negative impact of the new qualifying criteria on rural roads under the local involvement scheme; and if she...
    • Local Development Companies
      76. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide additional funding to local development companies to support the demand they are facing for services at present;...
    • Community Development Projects
      77. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme will reopen for applications in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Rural Schemes
      78. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the LEADER programme in County Carlow. [10258/24]
    • Road Projects
      79. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how her Department intends to support the rural road network under the LIS scheme throughout County Cork in 2024; if she will ensure...
    • Library Services
      80. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the Library Capital Grant made by (details supplied). [10453/24]
    • Rural Schemes
      81. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on CLÁR 2024 and when it is likely to open; whether she has any plans to review the CLÁR areas in counties...
    • Control of Dogs
      83. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she or her Department officials have had discussions with Cavan County Council on dog control matters, given that it was recently...
    • Departmental Policies
      84. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the progress of ‘Our Rural Future’; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Community Development Projects
      85. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the Community Recognition Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10376/24]
    • Harbours and Piers
      86. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a further update on the work her Department has carried out with regard to progressing the pier projects on Inis Oírr...
    • Community Development Projects
      87. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the uptake of the Local Enhancement Programme 2024 and how much of the €6 million has been allocated. [10404/24]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • EU Funding
      88. To ask the Taoiseach to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to his Department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose for which this funding has been made available...
    • Departmental Properties
      89. To ask the Taoiseach the ground rents payable by his Department, or agencies under its remit, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in the years 2016 to date. [10423/24]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he can provide a solution to an issue as regards guardianship (details supplied); if he will consider updating the legislation for someone...
    • Official Travel
      91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to visit Croatia within the first half of 2024. [10272/24]
    • Human Rights
      92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make representations to the Iraqi authorities regarding the illegal detention of an Irish citizen (details supplied) and...
    • Departmental Properties
      93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the ground rents payable by his Department, or agencies under its remit, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in the...
    • Passport Services
      96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures the WTE currently have within the passport service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10579/24]
    • Middle East
      100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 63 of 27 February 2024, how Irish medical volunteers can offer their services specifically to...
    • Passport Services
      103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will be processed on time for date of travel for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement...
    • Middle East
      104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of a study published by Don't Buy into Occupation, a Palestinian civil society group, which found that 776 European banks...
    • International Relations
      105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline Ireland's position, and that of the EU, with regard to the present government in Iran, and if the Irish Government is pushing for...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Just Transition
      106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the formation, meetings and work of the National Just Transition Taskforce; and if he...
    • National Broadband Plan
      107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the process by which premises can be added to the National Broadband Plan; the number of additional premises which have...
    • Aviation Industry
      109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of the amount of aviation fuel sold at each Irish airport for international aviation for each...
    • Mining Industry
      111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in relation to proposed lithium drilling in Moylisha Hill, if he is aware of the strength of local feeling against this...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his engagement with ComReg; if he discussed the need to include a rail line coverage obligation in the MBSA2...
    • Recycling Policy
      113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it is legal for shops and off-licences to add a 15 cents deposit charge to cans which have no deposit return logo on...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment about the situation of residents who use a coin meter for electricity; given that these residents are not registered...
    • Natural Gas Grid
      115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify how the safety and security risks associated with a floating storage and regasification unit compare...
    • Litter Pollution
      117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 42 of 06 December 2023, if he will provide an update on when the LGMA Codes of...
    • Recycling Policy
      118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he could provide an update on the planned introduction of specific packaging formats and product targets, for...
    • Heritage Sites
      119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will approve SEAI grants for heritage building retrofits in line with the recently published Department of...
    • Natural Gas Grid
      120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how frequently the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in a floating storage and regasification unit will need to be...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the roll-out of fibre broadband at (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Seirbhísí Leathanbhanda
      122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment an bhfuil sé sasta treoir a thabhairt do NBI cúram a ghlacadh de sholáthar leathanbhanda...
    • Departmental Properties
      123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the ground rents payable by his Department or agencies under its remit, by named property, by name of landlord and by...
    • Air Quality
      124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of dedicated funding that will be provided to each local authority to monitor and enforce the smoky coal ban...
    • Energy Conservation
      128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the updated average cost for retrofitting a social housing unit as part of the national retrofitting scheme; and if he...
    • Waste Management
      130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current status of the public consultation on disposable vaping devices; the timeline for the proposed ban on the...
    • Defective Building Materials
      132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the defective concrete block scheme managed by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland,...
    • Fisheries Protection
      133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how Inland Fisheries Ireland can sanction a draft net fishery in Cork Harbour when two rivers flowing into the harbour...
    • Energy Policy
      136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on legal analysis to be provided to the Minister on Ireland’s withdrawal from the Energy Charter...
    • Energy Conservation
      137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide the number of applications received in 2023 to the SEAI one-stop shop for home retrofits; and the number of...
    • Post Office Network
      140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he shares concerns that the west Waterford Gaeltacht may be left without a post office service as the terms of the...
    • Budget 2024
      141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Communication to provide the electric credit announced in Budget 2024 to an individual (details supplied); and if he...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      142. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is aware of any senior Air Corps officers/members being arrested or charged under recent coercive control legislation; what are the...
    • National Cultural Institutions
      143. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence whether he has had any recent communication with the Minister for Culture, Tourism, Arts, Sport and Media regarding the setting up of an Irish...
    • Defence Forces
      146. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason a person (details supplied) received no feedback on an application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10172/24]
    • State Properties
      147. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to ensure that housing in barracks around the country is used. [10214/24]
    • Departmental Properties
      148. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the ground rents payable by his Department, or agencies under its remit, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in the...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Bus Services
      149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that Cope Foundation buses do not have wheelchair passes. [10516/24]
    • Road Projects
      150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent and level of funding for roads, including maintenance, restoration, and other works from his Department to Waterford City and...
    • National Car Test
      152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to relocate the NCT centre in Skibbereen; and if so, if he could provide details of the relocation and the rationale...
    • Road Tolls
      153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he, together with TII, will consider exempting HGVs from payment of tolls on the M1 outside Drogheda in order to alleviate traffic...
    • Airport Policy
      154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update for residents in areas in north Dublin (details supplied) who are experiencing ongoing issues with...
    • Rail Network
      155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details on how many occasions the rail line between Greystones and Bray has been closed annually from 2020-2024 inclusive, in...
    • Road Safety
      157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the implementation of 30 km/h zones in housing estates and urban centres in all local authority areas; to quantify in...
    • Rail Network
      158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the possible extension of the MetroLink in order to integrate it into the Dublin/Belfast rail line; and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects
      159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the nature of the engagement his officials have had with Louth County Council in recent months in respect of phase 2 of the Port Access...
    • Public Transport
      160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date position regarding the provision of flexi tax saver tickets for commuters; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Test
      161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving test will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10212/24]
    • Taxi Licences
      164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the number of registered taxis and hackney vehicles in operation in each county in each of the years 2019, 2022 and 2023, in...
    • Airport Policy
      166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the enforcement investigation into divergent flight paths on the north runway; when this investigation is expected to be...
    • Road Projects
      169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when safety improvement works will commence at a dangerous junction in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Pension Provisions
      170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the CIÉ salaried pensioners association report; if he agrees with the contents that the CIÉ superannuation...
    • Rail Network
      171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Moyross rail station will be opened and operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10329/24]
    • Bus Services
      176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current plans to upgrade the 233 bus route to provide an improved public transport service to the villages of Killumney, Aherla,...
    • Airport Policy
      177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated by his Department to each of Ireland's regional airports for each year 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Rail Network
      178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the list of new rail stations to be opened under the Limerick Shannon Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy; when works will...
    • Departmental Properties
      179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the ground rents payable by his Department or agencies under its remit, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in...
    • Rail Network
      180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the new rail stations to be opened under a strategy (details supplied); when works will commence on each; when each will be opened and...
    • Bus Services
      181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the PSO funding required for the procurement of a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rail Network
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Woodbrook rail station will be opened and operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10477/24]
    • Electric Vehicles
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of electric vehicles in Ireland to date in 2024; the number of electric vehicles registered annually over the past ten...
    • Departmental Data
      189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of cars and percentage of the national vehicle fleet powered by fossil fuels in 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make...
    • Road Safety
      190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of schools enrolled in the safe routes to school in 2023 and to date in 2024; the number of schools waiting to be enrolled;...
    • Active Travel
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport which local authorities have drawn down funding to establish active travel teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10496/24]
    • Public Transport
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost arising from the reduced 20% public transport fares to the public and the reduced 50% public transport to students and...
    • Rail Network
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Kishogue rail station will be opened and operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10521/24]
    • Bus Services
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the implementation of the next phase of the Dublin Network Redesign; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Projects
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent and level of funding for roads, including maintenance, restoration, and other works from Transport Infrastructure Ireland to...
    • Dublin Bus
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the transfer of the Dublin Bus fleet to electric buses; if there are any issues with the roll out; and if he will...
    • Taxi Licences
      213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter in relation to taxi and hackney licences (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rail Network
      214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in respect of the Cork Area Commuter Rail Programme, when works will begin in relation to each of the new rail stations of...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Reliefs
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to providing tax relief to parents of children studying in third level education in the UK for both their fees and the cost of...
    • Financial Services
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of a particular investment product (details supplied) and if he has had any correspondence with the Central Bank in relation to the number of...
    • Tax Credits
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance to review a case (details supplied); if he will outline why this tax credit is not open to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10211/24]
    • Tax Data
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance if, using data available from the Revenue Commissioners through annual income declarations, he will provide the number of taxi drivers who declared an annual...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he is giving consideration to widening of the criteria and eligibility for a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Exemptions
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the tax exemption limits for people aged 65 years and over, taking into account the recent increases to the State pension and...
    • Motor Fuels
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a reversal of his decision to end the motor fuel subsidy shortly in view of cost of living increases and the potential for fuel tourism...
    • Departmental Properties
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance the ground rents payable by his Department or agencies under its remit, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in the years 2016 to...
    • Banking Sector
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on what work he is undertaking with respect to banks and financial institutions accepting disability allowance and carers allowance as income when...
    • Active Travel
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications under the cycle-to-work scheme in 2023 and to date in 2024; if he will provide a breakdown between the number of bicycles,...
    • Tax Data
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of category A vehicles that were charged with the nitrogen dioxide emissions levy in 2022, 2023, and to date in 2024; the revenue raised each year;...
    • Raidió Teilifís Éireann
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance in regard to RTÉ making a voluntary qualifying disclosure of €1.2 million to Revenue in the wake of the Eversheds Review, and given that in 2021,...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance what the Central Bank mortgage lending rules were in 2007; if he can provide details of the rules in place at that time; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Collection
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are circumstances in which a person (details supplied) can file a late return for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10676/24]
    • Tax Code
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the tax treatment of statutory sick leave payments made by employers in order that they are not subject to the deductions such as USC that...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Office of Public Works
      235. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has yet to identify a site for a Garda station in the Castletroy-Annacotty area of Limerick; the reason for the delay; and...
    • National Monuments
      236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that animal traps (details supplied) which were being used at the Botanic Gardens, Dublin, are unlawful under the...
    • State Properties
      238. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rental income obtained by the State from the property known as the Great Heath of Maryborough, Portlaoise, County Laois, for each of...
    • Bus Services
      239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will include Bus Éireann in the schedule of bodies covered by the Freedom of Information Act 2014. [10274/24]
    • Departmental Advertising
      240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on advertising within his Department in 2023 and for January 2024, in tabular form. [10275/24]
    • State Properties
      241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if works can be carried out at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10310/24]
    • State Bodies
      242. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out any policy or guidance that applies in the civil or public service in relation to the duration of the terms of office...
    • Departmental Properties
      243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the ground rents payable by his Department, or agencies under its remit, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable,...
    • State Properties
      244. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out in detail his Department's future proposals for the former Cork prison on the Rathmore Road, in particular the building and...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Environmental Policy
      245. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are plans to introduce penalties for businesses that fail to reduce their carbon emissions; if so, when these penalties...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      246. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to review correspondence (detail supplied) and address the concerns outlined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10639/24]
    • Enterprise Support Services
      247. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is willing to expand the supports available through the local enterprise offices to social enterprises; and if he will make a...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      248. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the criteria for applying for humanitarian assistance after the recent flooding in east Cork (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Work Permits
      249. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when fishers will be removed from the list of unapproved occupations for the general employment permit, thus permitting fishing...
    • State Bodies
      250. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how on-balance-sheet liability exposure is calculated for SBCI-backed loans where the State guarantees 80 percent of a loan; how much...
    • Job Losses
      251. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to confirm the date on which his Department was notified of the intention of the Glen Dimplex group, as reported in the media and as...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      252. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of WTE forensic accountants working in the Corporate Enforcement Authority as of 26 February 2024; if he will provide the...
    • Work Permits
      253. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will publish the results of the consultation on the work permit review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10297/24]
    • Departmental Properties
      254. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the ground rents payable by his Department, or agencies under its remit, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount...
    • Work Permits
      255. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current number of work permits allocated for motor/auto mechanics; if he proposes to increase that number; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Curriculum
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instigate a full review of the school's wellbeing curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9936/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new ASD classes at second level in Dublin 9 and 11 for the past four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9946/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 22 February 2024, to confirm receipt of the tender report for a large-scale capital project in...
    • School Admissions
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has been notified or is aware of a concerning growth in the number of students who cannot access school places for the...
    • Bus Services
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view that the rate of pay for school bus escorts is continually under review, what date will the next review be; will the pay increases under...
    • Special Educational Needs
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the time that children are waiting for seno equipment to be provided in view that this delay is having an...
    • Citizens' Assembly
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on timings of the promised citizens assembly on education; whether it will cover the goal to achieve 400 multi denominational...
    • Schools Building Projects
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review her Department's decision in relation to an application for emergency works by a school (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Special Educational Needs
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what efforts are being made by her Department to ensure a special school place is available for the 2024/2025 school year to a person (details...
    • Schools Building Projects
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the status of an application (details supplied) for a construction project; the stages for such applications; the timeframe...
    • State Bodies
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a State funded event (details supplied) is issuing consent forms to parents of children participants and attendees which...
    • Special Educational Needs
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department received an email from this Deputy dated 14 February 2024 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Admissions
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the allocation of a secondary school place for a student (details supplied) who is currently without a school place; and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project for a school (details supplied); and to confirm at what stage matters are currently at; and when it is...
    • Special Educational Needs
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied) attending an early intervention preschool in Dublin 11; what supports...
    • School Funding
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of funding for a school (details supplied) to enable it to resource its sensory room. [10104/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a progress report on a school (details supplied). [10105/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department has issued Circular 0002/24 which proposes to eliminate the category of "complex educational needs" from consideration...
    • School Funding
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that exists for a school (details supplied) and other schools to install water fountains on their school grounds; the way in which an...
    • Mental Health Services
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a pilot scheme for larger primary schools in a region (details supplied) will be functional and providing counselling services. [10124/24]
    • Scoileanna Oileáin
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh ar iarratais le haghaidh síneadh a chur le scoil i gContae na Gaillimhe (sonraí tugtha) ag...
    • School Facilities
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department received correspondence from a school (details supplied); when they will act on same; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can confirm a date when a school (details supplied) will be open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10146/24]
    • School Admissions
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10150/24]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review correspondence (details supplied); if she can respond to same and provide an update on this project; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Funding
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10173/24]
    • School Accommodation
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding additional accommodation scheme applications lodged by a school (details supplied); her Department's engagement with the...
    • Mental Health Services
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown, by county of the number of schools that have been able to avail of supports as of 23 February 2024 under the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10217/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 24 January 2024, when a school (details supplied) will receive approval for its building programme...
    • Education Policy
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm the awarding criteria for the new Physical Activity in Teaching and Learning Pilot Programme and if it will utilise a lottery system...
    • School Staff
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will look favourably on the staffing appeal of a school (details supplied) for September 2024 due to the extenuating circumstances of the...
    • School Funding
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any grants that a school (details supplied) could avail of to obtain the necessary funding to purchase and install a water fountain;...
    • School Equipment
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will look favourably on the appeal made by the parents of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the phase 2 build at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10333/24]
    • Oideachas Gaeltachta
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cé mhéid airgid a chaitheann an Rialtas in aghaidh na bliana ar an gComhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta & Gaelscolaíochta....
    • Departmental Properties
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ground rents payable by her Department or agencies under its remit, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in the...
    • Planning Issues
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10519/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action her Department is taking to ensure that a project in a school (details supplied) is delivered at the earliest opportunity, given the...
    • Bus Services
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has any plans to raise the retirement age for Bus Éireann school bus drivers to bring it into line with Local Link and other...
    • School Admissions
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to address the shortage of secondary school places in the Greystones Municipal District; if she is aware of the population growth in...
    • School Staff
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the serious shortage of teachers at a school (details provided), and that this is exacerbated by the rapidly growing...
    • Special Educational Needs
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what is being done to ensure that a child (details supplied) receives a place in a primary school ASD unit for 2024/2025. [10598/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the emergency works grant application for a school (details supplied); if this application will be expedited to reflect...
    • School Transport
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the removal of the nearest school rule in relation to the school transport scheme; if she will consider early removal of the...
    • School Accommodation
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the situation at a school (details supplied); and when this unacceptable situation will be addressed; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new ASD class will be provided at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10643/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the progress in respect of a school building project at (details supplied); the current status of the project; when the project is...
    • School Staff
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a payroll issue for a primary school teacher (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10674/24]
    • Island Communities
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update regarding the current status of a possible post-primary school to serve students on Inisbofin, County Galway; and if she will make...
    • Special Educational Needs
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the adequacy of supports for children with autism and other additional educational needs in north Dublin, and the Ballymun-Finglas...
    • Bullying in Educational Institutions
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the national action plan on bullying. [10679/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the reduction of 2.5 special education teaching hours at a school (details supplied); the reasons for this reduction; and...
    • School Accommodation
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she and officials in the additional school accommodation unit of her Department will urgently revisit the capital funding that has been...
    • Special Educational Needs
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in providing a modular classroom for a special class in a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay in providing this...
    • Schools Building Projects
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an appeal lodged against the refusal of grant aid under the emergency works scheme to a school in County Galway...
    • School Admissions
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts in hand to ensure that all students in Kill secure a school place in September 2024 given 16 primary school children have so far been...
    • Special Educational Needs
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills , further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 19 October 2023, the timeline for when the promised second modular classroom to accommodate the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to build new secondary schools in the Lucan area given the recent population growth; what planning is in place to address this...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Commemorative Events
      339. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide details on the arrangements for the national famine commemoration this year. [9819/24]
    • Culture Policy
      340. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures in place in respect of user rights of images, objects, historical records and sites that are owned by public...
    • Museum Projects
      341. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has considered the purchase, or encouraging the owners to make a cultural donation to the State, of Ernest Shackleton's...
    • Tourism Policy
      342. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a breakdown of all grants made by her Department to tourism bodies and tourism companies in each of the years 2022 and...
    • Departmental Staff
      344. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the salary amount that was paid to the secretary general of her Department in each of the past ten years. [10177/24]
    • Official Engagements
      348. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she last met formally with either persons (details supplied); and when she expects to meet again with these persons. [10266/24]
    • Tourism Policy
      349. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on tourism proposals for the Cavan-Monaghan area. [10267/24]
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      350. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéid airgid a chaitheann an Rialtas in aghaidh na bliana ar chlár Cholmcille, a chuireann cás Ghaeilge na...
    • Departmental Properties
      351. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the ground rents payable by her Department or agencies under its remit, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount...
    • Irish Language
      352. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason funding has been refused for Gael-Taca; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10464/24]
    • Sports Funding
      353. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is any funding available to support community centres purchasing sports equipment; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Television Licence Fee
      354. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of TV licence inspections carried out in each of the years 2019, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024 respectively in tabular...
    • Sports Funding
      357. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available for young people to engage in and represent Ireland in kickboxing abroad; how can people and sports clubs...
    • Genealogical Services
      358. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when birth records will be available online (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10575/24]
    • EU Bodies
      359. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on her Department's engagement with the European Commission in relation to the State Aid...
    • Departmental Meetings
      371. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she or any official in her Department or member of her staff was in receipt of, by any means written, electronic or otherwise,...
    • Television Licence Fee
      373. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of live television and radio interviews she has given since 17 July 2023 where the primary purpose of the interview was...
    • Post Office Network
      374. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she agrees that a post office where the public can conduct their business through the Irish language is an essential public...
    • Tourism Promotion
      375. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures initiated and actioned for the night time economy by officers appointed in each city where a night time economy...
    • Brexit Supports
      376. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will work with the FAI to apply for Brexit adjustment funding from the EU in view of the radical effect Brexit has had on...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Energy Conservation
      377. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent and level of funding for retrofitting from his Department to Waterford City and County Council in the years...
    • Environmental Impact Assessments
      379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on extending environmental impact assessments to projects currently falling outside them because of type or scale;...
    • Heritage Schemes
      381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is taking action to discourage private ownership of archaeological objects; for example, through the development of...
    • International Agreements
      382. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how Ireland is delivering on commitments on metal detecting made under the Valletta Treaty; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Water Quality
      383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to address the remaining trihalomethanes non-compliances in drinking water, in respect of the ECJ...
    • Electoral Process
      384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, in light of the numerous referenda and elections being held in 2024, he will consider alternative locations for polling...
    • Hen Harriers
      385. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to restore all critical breeding and wintering sites for hen harriers; what steps he is taking to...
    • Housing Provision
      386. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to provide funding in 2024 to support local authorities with taking in charge applications in respect of...
    • Water Services
      387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has any plans to seek a new round of bids under the Multi-Annual Developer Provided Water Services Infrastructure...
    • Defective Building Materials
      389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if County Leitrim will be included in the defective concrete blocks scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Wildlife Protection
      390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a licence is required for the hunting of Irish hares with packs of hounds and if so, how many licences have been issued...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Loughanleagh mountain, County Cavan is designated a special protection area, a special area of conservation or a natural...
    • Housing Schemes
      395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports made available by his Department for thatched properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10101/24]
    • Housing Policy
      396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a dedicated website for "Housing for All" which clearly outlines all of the various measures which are currently...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to work alongside an organisation (details supplied) in order to devise a mechanism whereby a local council can be supported...
    • Housing Provision
      398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to increase the income thresholds for social housing in any or all of the local authorities; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authorities
      399. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that local authority employees are treated in the same manner as civil servants in relation...
    • Housing Schemes
      400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the local authority home loan scheme; the number of successful and unsuccessful applicants to...
    • Environmental Policy
      403. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government recalling the 2019 Dáil declaration of a biodiversity crisis, and acknowledging specifically the negative impact of light...
    • Housing Provision
      404. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will make a statement on the need for additional social and affordable housing in Rathmines and surrounds, including by...
    • Water Services
      406. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he has had any engagement with, or received any reports or briefings from Uisce Éireann, regarding the inclusion...
    • Water Quality
      407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the recent report commissioned by the Environmental Protection Agency in which evidence of...
    • Defective Building Materials
      408. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government why there are delays in having houses in County Clare with defective concrete blocks being approved for the remediation...
    • Departmental Schemes
      409. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to reopen the Protected Structures Conservation Advice Grant Scheme in 2024; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Local Authorities
      410. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new technical and administrative staff hired in the local authority planning system since February 2023; and if...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      411. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government where an offer of a building for accommodation has been referred to his Department by the Department for Children, Equality,...
    • Departmental Properties
      412. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the ground rents payable by his Department or agencies under its remit, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount...
    • Tourist Accommodation
      413. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has made representations to the EU Commission in respect of the need for regulation of online short-term tourist letting...
    • Housing Policy
      414. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will make a statement on the need to support older persons to downsize. [10427/24]
    • Housing Provision
      415. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of private houses that local authorities are renting and subletting as social housing by local authority; the...
    • Rental Sector
      416. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will make a statement on the adequacy of enforcement powers within the Residential Tenancies Board; and his plans to...
    • Housing Provision
      417. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide additional funding to deal with issues surrounding maintenance of social housing, particularly flat...
    • Local Authorities
      418. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current staffing levels in each local authority, compared with 2018. [10433/24]
    • State Bodies
      419. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current staffing levels in An Bord Pleanála, compared with 2020 and 2018; and the staffing levels in the same period...
    • Departmental Reports
      420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to publish the Indecon report commissioned by the Department into the land value sharing tax that was discussed by officials...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      421. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total expenditure in 2023 on social and affordable housing funded through SHIP, CALF, CAS, AHF, CREL, AHB borrowing and...
    • Housing Schemes
      422. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 341 of 20 February 2024, if a Stamp 4 is required for non-EU/Non-EEA applicants within...
    • Local Authorities
      423. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports available to councillors with disabilities when they are elected; if local authorities are required to provide...
    • Departmental Strategies
      424. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a review was undertaken in 2020 at the end of phase one of the National Landscape Strategy 2015-2025; if a review was...
    • Departmental Funding
      425. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when an application (details supplied) for funding under the remedial action list RAL will be decided; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Provision
      426. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to the development of social and affordable housing at the former Cork Prison on the Rathmore...
    • Departmental Reviews
      427. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of all schemes and funding streams related to housing delivery that are currently under review or...
    • Departmental Funding
      428. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent and level of capital funding for housing from his Department to Waterford City and County Council in the years...
    • Register of Electors
      434. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of young people aged 18-29 years who are registered to vote; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10829/24]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how plans are advancing in introducing a pay related benefit scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9967/24]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      436. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of a rent supplement claim in respect of a person in County Cork (details supplied); and if any...
    • Legislative Measures
      437. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill to ensure benefits akin to adoptive and maternity leave are provided for the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      438. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection why 'S' class contributions do not quality for carer’s payment; if there are any exceptions to this rule; if there is...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what the average wait time for an additional needs payment application is; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      441. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); when a decision is likely to issue, given this has been pending for...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      442. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when maintenance payments to carers will be disregarded as means for social welfare payments; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      443. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to ensure that the €500 grant towards the cost of a hairpiece, wig or hair replacement for people who suffer hair loss...
    • Departmental Advertising
      444. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on advertising and promotions within her Department in 2023 and for January 2024, in tabular form. [10273/24]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      445. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will indicate when an appeal by a person (details supplied) to the Chief Appeals Officer against a refusal to award...
    • Redundancy Payments
      446. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected time scale for employees to receive information on their redundancy entitlements (details supplied); and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      447. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person in County Cork (details supplied) has been refused illness benefit. [10396/24]
    • Departmental Properties
      448. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the ground rents payable by her Department or agencies under its remit, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount...
    • Legislative Measures
      449. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on recent legislation which passed in Westminster to create an optional bereavement certificate for pregnancy loss...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      450. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the number of applications received for exceptional needs payments from County Clare in the past 12 months; how...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      451. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the fuel allowance; the number of applications for the fuel allowance; the number of...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      452. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection why a payment has been reduced for a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      453. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection why a person (details supplied) has had their disability allowance withdrawn. [10525/24]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      454. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has any plans to extend the eligibility of the living-alone allowance to Irish citizens who have moved home from the...
    • Departmental Data
      455. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 323 of 27 February 2024, the meaning of travel itinerary; what information must be...
    • Social Welfare Code
      456. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how income (details supplied) is assessed when an individual is elected to a local authority; and if she will make a...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      457. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider launching an awareness campaign for women needing to check their updated PPSN numbers from the old...
    • School Meals Programme
      458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is possible for schools (details supplied) to seek a higher allowance than that of the €1.70 currently...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      459. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the tax treatment of statutory sick leave payments made by employers in order that they are not subject to...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      460. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a cost of living payment will issue to a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      461. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the relevant personnel from the local office in Kildare can make contact with a person (details supplied); and if she will...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Work Permits
      462. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department's representative sitting on the interdepartmental group overseeing the opening up of the general employment...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      463. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to recently naturalised Irish citizens being prevented from registering to vote due to delays...
    • Residency Permits
      464. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware that there is a 15-16 week waiting time for IRP appointments in Limerick city; if there is a plan in place to...
    • Joint Policing Committees
      465. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when joint policing committees should cease meetings given the proposed transition to community safety partnerships; and if she...
    • Immigration Policy
      468. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action her Department is taking in conjunction with An Garda Síochána to reduce waiting times for an appointment...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      469. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will intervene to ensure that an application for naturalisation (details supplied) is processed as soon as possible....
    • Citizenship Applications
      470. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a certificate of citizenship formally approved by her Department on 19 December 2023 in the name of a person (details...
    • Visa Applications
      471. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality which visas are most suitable for Palestinians in Gaza to apply for in order to be permitted to enter Ireland; which visas are...
    • An Garda Síochána
      472. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí based in Cavan and Monaghan, respectively, in January 2024; and the corresponding numbers in January...
    • Visa Applications
      473. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the visa application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10049/24]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      474. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider an amendment to fees charged for naturalisation for UK citizens who are resident in the State for a...
    • Immigration Status
      475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an appeal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10099/24]
    • An Garda Síochána
      477. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to Balbriggan Garda station; the areas these gardaí are expected to cover; the number...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      478. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in issuing the naturalisation paperwork for a person (details supplied); when will it be issued; and...
    • Departmental Funding
      479. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to detail the total amount of funding allocated per year for Youth Justice, for the years from 2010 to date; and if she will...
    • Coroners Service
      480. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 262 of 8 February 2024, whether it is possible for a coroner to direct a post-mortem...
    • Immigration Policy
      481. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason that a Danish marriage certificate is not acceptable as proof of marriage for immigration purposes; the reason that...
    • Citizenship Applications
      482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify what the delay is in issuing newly naturalised Irish citizens with citizenship certificates; if she will...
    • Gambling Sector
      483. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the Gambling Regulation Bill’s proposed watershed ban on gambling advertisements, particularly considering...
    • An Garda Síochána
      485. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases that the Cavan-Monaghan Divisional Protective Service Bureau has dealt with in the years of 2023 and...
    • Visa Applications
      487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce an online system for English language students in Limerick to apply for a Stamp 2 Visa, considering such...
    • Citizenship Applications
      488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive their naturalisation certificate following their citizenship ceremony that look...
    • Departmental Reports
      489. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will commit to providing a date for the publication of the delays in the processing of sex crime in Ireland: stakeholder...
    • Legislative Measures
      490. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she acknowledges the benefits of the Seller's Legal Pack for Property Buyers' Bill 2021; and if she will provide an update...
    • Departmental Properties
      491. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the ground rents payable by her Department, or agencies under its remit, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount...
    • Legislative Measures
      492. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she can address matters in relation to the Auctioneers and House Agents Act 1947 (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      495. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality eolas a thabhairt maidir le comórtais earcaíochta don Gharda Síochána idir 2022 agus 2024, go háirithe...
    • Visa Agreements
      497. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide any updates in relation to the requirement for a visa for Colombians to travel to Ireland (details supplied). [10670/24]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      498. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time a naturalisation application remains queued for processing, before reaching staff for assessment;...
    • Visa Applications
      500. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on an application and-or appeal (details supplied); if this can be expedited; and if she will...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      503. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 25 of 28 February 2024, the number of incidents recorded by all agencies at certain...
    • Asylum Applications
      504. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide data on the number of persons who arrived into the State with incorrect, false or no documentation and who...
    • Probate Applications
      505. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to examine a mater (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10831/24]
    • Sentencing Policy
      506. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of correspondence or reports she has received from the Judicial Council regarding its...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Just Transition
      507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 27 of 14 December 2023, to report on the work of the just transition commission, specifically...
    • Export Controls
      508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how small abattoirs may apply for an export certification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9985/24]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the eligible commonage area on the 2024 BISS online application system for a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied) will be...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      510. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount paid out by Horse Racing Ireland in 2023 to hunts in point-to-point racing grants and any other funding, and if he will...
    • Animal Welfare
      511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if releasing a pack of dogs to chase a fox, failing to intervene to stop the dogs from attacking and-or killing the fox, and using...
    • Greyhound Industry
      512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will investigate why Greyhound Racing Ireland has categorised an Irish greyhound as "rehomed" after it was informed that the...
    • Forestry Sector
      513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason only two afforestation licences were issued, amounting to just 13 ha, in week 3 of February 2024; to state the actual...
    • Departmental Funding
      514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how much State funding has been provided to the DSPCA facility at Mount Venus Road from 2019-2024, in tabular form; the purposes for...
    • Calafoirt agus Céanna
      515. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén fáth a raibh fadhb leis na bacáin ag carrchlós na n-oileánach ag Calaphort Ros an Mhíl ag an...
    • Harbours and Piers
      516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will designate Magheroarty Pier in County Donegal as a landing point for UK registered vessels, similar to other piers and...
    • Departmental Appointments
      517. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans to recruit an animal welfare inspector for Limerick city, appreciating the high number of wandering horses and...
    • Teagasc Activities
      518. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the conditions and circumstances which allowed Teagasc Ballyhaise to spread slurry within the prohibited period; and if he will make...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      519. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of payments in euro paid out for 2023 under the basic income support for sustainability scheme, by county; the total...
    • Forestry Sector
      523. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of payments in euro paid out for 2023 under the forestry grants and schemes, by county; the total number of payees...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      524. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department's sanction is required with regard to sale of entitlements (details supplied); and if required, when this sanction...
    • Departmental Properties
      525. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the ground rents payable by his Department or agencies under its remit, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable,...
    • Work Permits
      526. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the number of farming work permits taken up in Clare over the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Climate Change Policy
      527. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can provide a timeline on when the national biomethane strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Gorse Burning
      528. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a burnt land appeal in respect of a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that TAMS applications are taking up to 24 months to be assessed by his Department and is causing great uncertainty in...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Disability Services
      533. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth why subsistence payments have not been paid to registered intellectual disability nurses in Cork through the...
    • Youth Services
      536. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth as per the National Development Plan's reference to the need for continued capital investment for youth...
    • Disability Services
      537. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the ratification of the Optional Protocol of the UNCRPD. [9818/24]
    • Health Service Executive
      538. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagements his Department has had with Tipperary County Council in relation to the use of HSE owned land in...
    • Health Services
      539. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a community neuro-rehabilitation team will be put in place for CHO5; if funding has been allocated in 2024...
    • Direct Provision System
      540. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will support the designation of the Racket Hall Hotel in Roscrea as a hotel for 'dual purpose' thereby...
    • Maternity Leave
      541. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to review the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill to ensure benefits akin to adoptive and maternity leave are...
    • Direct Provision System
      542. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a crime has been committed at the Knockalisheen Accommodation Centre, Meelick, County Clare (details suppled)...
    • Employment Schemes
      543. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if person (details supplied) can be considered for a place in KITE; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Childcare Services
      544. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the granting of an extension for a childcare service (details supplied) under the building...
    • Asylum Seekers
      545. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of asylum seekers currently residing in a property (details supplied); if his Department keep records...
    • Departmental Policies
      547. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the level of support for people with muscular dystrophy in Ireland in relation to universal design...
    • Voluntary Sector
      548. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the rationale for the State agreeing to pay for the role of safeguarding officer in St. Johns...
    • Departmental Data
      550. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of hours companies that deliver care in the home to those with a disability that are reimbursed to...
    • Disability Services
      551. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that there are no specific individualised transport budgets for individuals with additional needs...
    • Childcare Services
      552. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of delays to the opening of a creche (details supplied); when the Health Information and Quality...
    • Departmental Data
      553. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide, in tabular form, the number of children waiting on an assessment of needs in CHO9; the estimated...
    • Departmental Programmes
      554. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the motorised transport grant will be reinstated (details supplied). [10171/24]
    • Departmental Schemes
      555. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the mother and baby homes institutions payment scheme has not yet opened to survivors, despite the...
    • Disability Services
      556. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied) can expect to be placed in full-time residential care; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      557. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of special care places nationwide; the number of children currently on the special care waiting list;...
    • Disability Services
      559. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a community neurorehabilitation team is expected to be in place in the CHO7 area, with particular reference...
    • Departmental Programmes
      561. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the children's disability grant will be provided to successful applications in County Donegal; and if he...
    • Voluntary Sector
      562. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline what financial supports are available to organisations such as (details supplied) to secure premises...
    • Departmental Schemes
      564. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the form of redress that is available to former residents of an orphanage (details supplied) given reports of...
    • Departmental Data
      565. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE speech and language therapists working in both Cavan and Monaghan CDNT in the years of 2022,...
    • Disability Services
      568. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a person (details supplied) has not received respite care in over nine years; the reason the HSE...
    • After-School Support Services
      569. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address a matter in relation to an after school service (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • International Protection
      570. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth where an offer of a building for accommodation for beneficiaries of temporary protection fleeing the war in...
    • Child Abuse
      572. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of child sexual abuse allegations received by each of the 17 Tusla local area offices for each...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      574. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a child (details supplied) can be allowed to commence early childcare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services
      575. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will provide funding to reinstate a hydrotherapy swimming pool in Sligo for people with...
    • Departmental Properties
      576. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the ground rents payable by his Department or agencies under its remit, by named property, by name of landlord...
    • Children in Care
      577. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children and young persons who were placed in hotels and bed and breakfasts due to the lack of...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      578. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the age of the youngest child admitted to special emergency arrangement accommodation in each of the past three...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      579. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a further early childhood care and education year will be approved as a matter of urgency for a person...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      580. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail for each local health area as of 29 February 2024 or latest date available; the number of people on...
    • Child and Family Agency
      585. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will publish the process by which a company (details supplied) was contracted by Tusla; whether he is...
    • Departmental Contracts
      588. 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...
    • Missing Children
      589. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of minors who have gone missing or remain missing from the services offered by a company (details...
    • International Protection
      590. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the date on which the contract to provide accommodation for international applicants in a hotel...
    • Child and Family Agency
      595. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 503 of 31 May 2022, if he will provide a breakdown of report origin in...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      596. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied with the level of access to the early childhood care and education scheme based on...
    • International Protection
      597. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many international protection applicants are currently being accommodated in County Longford, in tabular...
    • Health Services
      598. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a child (details supplied) is not currently receiving the OT service they require; if he will ensure...
    • Family Reunification
      599. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review a case for family reunification (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • International Protection
      600. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will seek an update from IPAS on the total number of beds nationwide that have been offered to IPAS as...
    • Youth Work Supports
      601. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the total capital funding allocation for youth work within each budget per year from 2009 to 2024, in...
    • Youth Services
      606. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a progress report on the review of youth information centres; when this review will be completed; and if he...
  • Department of Health
    • Home Care Packages
      607. To ask the Minister for Health if the home care hours committed to by the HSE in the case of a person (details supplied) will be delivered now in full; if a commode will be provided as...
    • Healthcare Policy
      609. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the government levy on all private health insurance policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Homes
      610. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a fair deal application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9934/24]
    • Health Services
      611. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to follow up concerns in respect of mastectomy supports (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9935/24]
    • Departmental Advertising
      613. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will advertise job positions in the new primary care centre on the Boot Road in Clondalkin. [9943/24]
    • Ambulance Service
      614. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm how a person who is correctly registered with PHECC, and holds the correct qualifications required to become employed as a paramedic within the...
    • Dental Services
      615. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to dentists who are not taking medical card patients, how is the Minister and the HSE going to resolve this issue that is having an adverse impact...
    • Mental Health Services
      618. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reinstating HSE funding for the understanding and managing adult ADHD programme (UMAAP) which has ceased operating following a decision to...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      619. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on trollies per day from December 2023 to date at University Hospital Limerick, in tabular form. [9970/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      620. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with a consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9972/24]
    • Home Help Service
      621. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently re-instate home help hours for a person (details supplied). [9973/24]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      622. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the need for a task force to address the care and treatment of children with conditions such as spina bifida and scoliosis;...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      623. To ask the Minister for Health to outline in tabular form the name of organisations providing addiction and recovery services in Waterford; the nature of the services they provide; and the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      624. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give a commitment to extend the special pay with leave long-Covid scheme for healthcare workers past 31 March 2024; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      625. To ask the Minister for Health further to a previous Parliamentary Question, if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if this charge can be made against them. [9991/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      626. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an MRI appointment as a matter of urgency in UHL or the Bon Secours Limerick as outlined in...
    • Health Services
      627. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reimbursement for a procedure (details supplied). [9997/24]
    • Disease Management
      630. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of extending the chronic disease management programme to all heart failure patients; the current number of heart failure patients on the programme;...
    • Hospital Services
      631. To ask the Minister for Health the resources and funding that is required to ensure that all hospitals are able to participate fully in the Irish National Audit of Stroke; and if he will...
    • Disease Management
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the resources and funding that is required to enable opportunistic screening for atrial fibrillation for all people aged 65 years and over; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Services
      633. To ask the Minister for Health how many hospitals have access to a clinical psychologist as part of stroke unit care; if he can provide an update on the funding and staffing of clinical...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      634. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of abolishing prescription charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10016/24]
    • Health Promotion
      635. To ask the Minister for Health what consideration has been given to the development of a programme like the healthy start and best start programme in the UK; and if he will make a statement...
    • General Practitioner Services
      636. To ask the Minister for Health what measures his Department is undertaking to assist members of the public (details supplied) in accessing GP care in Kildare, where there is a difficulty for...
    • Medicinal Products
      637. To ask the Minister for Health if there is limited availability of the medicine betnesol; if access to the medication is possible for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      638. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to legislate to bring greater legal clarity in respect of health CBD products [10048/24]
    • Vaccination Programme
      639. To ask the Minister for Health if the Department intends putting in place a vaccination programme for older adults to protect them from RSV; if same will be included in the National...
    • Health Services
      640. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a lung rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      649. To ask the Minister for Health what support and assistance will be given to public health service employees on the conclusion of a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a lung rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Dublin...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      655. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the special leave with pay scheme for public health service employees with long-Covid is ceasing; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Help Service
      657. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hours companies that deliver care in the home to the elderly that are reimbursed to the HSE annually (details supplied); how the hours are...
    • Hospital Staff
      658. To ask the Minister for Health to detail in tabular form the staff compliment assigned to cardiology services in University Hospital Waterford listing the last six quarters by individual...
    • Hospital Services
      660. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in publishing the Nolan Report considering its genesis began in 2016 (details supplied); the core years analysis which the report...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      662. To ask the Minister for Health the standardised monetary level that all post-mastectomy product supports will increase to, as per his announcement in Dáil Éireann on 21 February...
    • Health Services
      663. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding has not been continued for the Understanding and Managing Adult ADHD Programme, UMAAP, delivered by an organisation (details supplied); if...
    • Health Services Staff
      664. To ask the Minister for Health the reason healthcare professionals who have been self-employed cannot have that experience considered as relevant experience for the purposes of qualifying...
    • Health Services
      665. To ask the Minister for Health about an application for a primary medical care cert (details supplied); the status of an application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10125/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      666. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the appointment of a position (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10129/24]
    • Hospital Admissions
      667. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the case of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting an appointment with a HSE service. [10130/24]
    • Health Services
      668. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the work carried out for the mental health and wellbeing of LGBTI people since the publishing of The LGBTIreland Report; if there are plans...
    • Healthcare Policy
      670. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department retains responsibility for policy issues concerning Parkinson’s; the amount which has been allocated by the HSE to support an...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      672. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to be called for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10159/24]
    • Medical Cards
      673. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the cohorts of asylum seekers that are entitled to a medical card; if an entitlement to a medical card guarantees a person a place on a GP list; and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      674. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be offered for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10163/24]
    • Healthcare Policy
      675. To ask the Minister for Health who is responsible for drafting/approving the referral/care pathway in the National Gender Service; if the referral/care pathway is based on international best...
    • Health Services
      676. To ask the Minister for Health when and how puberty blockers and other essential services for trans teenagers will be provided by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Facilities
      679. To ask the Minister for Health to supply information about the relationship between a public hospital, Connolly Hospital, and a private institution, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland,...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      681. To ask the Minister for Health to assign a date for a procedure for a person (details supplied) as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10198/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      682. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail for each individual public/voluntary hospital the number employed in wholetime equivalent terms in each category (details supplied) in each...
    • Medical Cards
      683. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in carrying out a review in the case of a medical card for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services
      684. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the long waiting lists for dialectical behaviour therapy in Ireland as it is reported there is a minimum of 18 months wait for people who live...
    • Disability Services
      685. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment with a physio can be expedited for a person (details supplied) as they must have their orthopaedic shoes replaced regularly due to a...
    • Health Services
      686. To ask the Minister for Health if he has been given an explanation by the HSE as to who within the HSE or at what level of management issued a directive in relation to the cuts to mastectomy...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      687. To ask the Minister for Health when urgent injections will be carried out in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10247/24]
    • General Practitioner Services
      688. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe within which a general practitioner GMS post will be filled in Swanlinbar, County Cavan. [10259/24]
    • Substance Misuse
      689. To ask the Minister for Health the number of naloxone prescriptions that were issued in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [10260/24]
    • Hospital Facilities
      690. To ask the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation suites currently in each hospital part of RCSI group, in tabular form. [10261/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      691. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric gastroenterologist and paediatric gastroenterologist registrars working in CHI Temple Street in 2022, 2023 and to-date...
    • Substance Misuse
      692. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to expand access to Naxolone, which is used to prevent drug overdoses, in line with the UK and Northern Ireland, whereby it is available...
    • Dental Services
      693. To ask the Minister for Health how much of the €5 million investment from Budget 2023 to target backlogs in dental services for children and adult medical card holders has been spent...
    • Medicinal Products
      706. To ask the Minister for Health if he will supply data, in tabular form, for the ten fastest, and ten slowest approvals of orphan drugs by the HSE, by year (for the period 2014 to 2023),...
    • Medical Cards
      708. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the proposed change in the medical card hair loss grant, if he will reconsider this proposal, ensuring that a grant is provided for anyone in...
    • Primary Care Centres
      709. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care facility in Tullow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10315/24]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      710. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the special pay with leave long-Covid scheme for healthcare workers which is not to be extended beyond 31 March 2024 (details supplied) why have...
    • Vaccination Programme
      711. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 606 of 5 December 2023, the reasons for the delay between October and December; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Equipment
      712. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to address the impact the removal of the private MRI scanner at Tipperary University Hospital will have on public waiting lists; to provide...
    • Health Services
      713. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 565 of 20 February 2024, if he can provide a timeline for when the operation is going to be in place; and if he will make...
    • Abortion Services
      714. To ask the Minister for Health the number of meetings he has held or attended which discussed termination of pregnancy, and to provide details on same, from 2023 to date, in tabular form;...
    • Hospital Services
      716. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to a media report (details supplied); if he intends to meet with residents and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10334/24]
    • Health Services
      717. To ask the Minister for Health when SMA will be included in the heal prick test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10338/24]
    • Industrial Relations
      718. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of any side agreements or commitments to enter into processes with trade unions or representative bodies in relation to various...
    • Health Services Staff
      719. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for lifting the HSE recruitment freeze; his plans to reinstate recruitment for nursing home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Properties
      720. To ask the Minister for Health the ground rents payable by his Department or agencies under its remit, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in the years 2016 to...
    • Hospital Services
      722. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider expanding maternity pre-natal services to Ennis Hospital; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10441/24]
    • General Practitioner Services
      723. To ask the Minister for Health the number of locum GPs that have been in place in a practice since a vacancy arose (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10443/24]
    • Nursing Homes
      726. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken in the transfer of 68 residents from HSE Cherry Orchard Nursing Home to an alternate nursing home in Clondalkin to ensure the least...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      727. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people triaged as urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant...
    • Health Service Executive
      739. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that HSE clerical staff currently on career breaks and requesting to return to work are not reinstated due to the...
    • Primary Care Centres
      740. To ask the Minister for Health when a facility will be provided at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10557/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      741. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a proposal (details supplied), if he will consider funding this and rolling it out State wide; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      742. To ask the Minister for Health when the new extension will open at St Joseph's Hospital, Millstreet, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10572/24]
    • Medical Cards
      743. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for medical card holders to access deep brain stimulation treatment from the initial first appointment to the procedure date; and if he will...
    • Medical Consent
      744. To ask the Minister for Health if an individual with a diagnosed psychiatric disorder can make an advanced directive or decision to the right to taper their medication; if so, to outline the...
    • Emergency Departments
      745. To ask the Minister for Health the number of days per year that the full capacity protocol has been utilised at University Hospital Limerick for the period 2011 to 2024, tabular form; and if...
    • Legislative Programme
      746. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023 as priority legislation for the Dáil Éireann Spring 2024 session. [10593/24]
    • Hospital Deaths
      747. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to concerns raised in respect of the situation in Cherry Orchard (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10600/24]
    • Health Services
      748. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be re-examined, given they did not receive four weeks of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Healthcare Policy
      749. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which it is proposed to offer a national hearing care plan to facilitate those suffering from hearing loss; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Nursing Education
      750. To ask the Minister for Health the reason student nurses subsistence payments of €500 per year promised for 2023 onwards, have still not been received leaving a current shortfall of...
    • Disease Management
      751. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which treatment is planned for those that suffer with epidermolysis bullosa; the extent to which plans are in hand to provide these people access...
    • Student Accommodation
      752. To ask the Minister for Health in light of the Department of Health Circular 4/2023 issued to the HSE on 27 February 2023, if a case for student accommodation (details supplied) will be...
    • Health Services Staff
      753. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child psychologists employed in Wexford; how many vacant positions there are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10640/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      754. To ask the Minister for Health about mental health funding for voluntary mental health organisations in Wexford, and how much was allocated from 2020 to the present; how groups can apply for...
    • Dental Services
      755. To ask the Minister for Health to review correspondence in relation to the case of a child (details supplied); the status of a dental appointment for them; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Emergency Departments
      756. To ask the Minister for Health if the recommendation contained within the HIQA report resulting from the unannounced inspection of the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick...
    • Hospital Staff
      758. To ask the Minister for Health when an audiologist will be appointed for Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath. [10680/24]
    • Prescriptions Charges
      759. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove prescription fees for medical card holders; and his views on the affordability of prescription medications for medical card holders; and if...
    • Health Service Executive
      760. To ask the Minister for Health did the HSE provide a taxi transport service for a person in County Donegal (details supplied) to attend Sligo University Hospital for intravitreal; and if he...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      763. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland who were requested to sign non disclosure agreements/confidentiality agreements prior to...
    • Hospital Facilities
      766. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals which have implemented the health performance visibility platform system, in tabular form; the hospitals which have not; and if he will make a...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      767. To ask the Minister for Health if he will seek to require use of the health performance visibility platform at locations where work is contracted for public patients, such as through the...
    • Emergency Departments
      768. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the progression of a new emergency department for Beaumont Hospital; the timeline for delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      771. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the development of supports for healthcare workers who have developed long-Covid or similar conditions or syndromes; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Homes
      773. To ask the Minister for Health when he will address the anomaly regarding the nursing home support scheme farm exemption which presently excludes the nearest living relative if the...
    • Hospital Services
      774. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of persons experiencing delayed discharge from hospital, by hospital, in tabular form. [10760/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      776. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the withdrawal of HSE funding for the Understanding and Managing Adult ADHD Programme (UMAAP) currently delivered by an...
    • General Practitioner Services
      777. To ask the Minister for Health to outline in tabular form the number of GMS panels that are currently vacant without a GP; the location of each panel; the length of time it is vacant; the...
    • Dental Services
      778. To ask the Minister for Health how much of the €5 million investment from Budget 2023 to target backlogs in dental services for children and adult medical card holders has been spent...
    • Health Services Staff
      791. To ask the Minister for Health when the recruitment embargo for the HSE will be lifted so that the community neurorehabilitation team for HSE area CHO1 can be brought up to the required 13...
    • Primary Care Centres
      792. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the new primary care centre at Boot Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22; and the timeframe for the provision of full services at the centre. [10797/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      793. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 711 of 30 May 2023, for an update on the recruitment process to staff the primary care centre at Boot Road, Clondalkin,...
    • Nursing Homes
      794. To ask the Minister for Health if changes to the fair deal scheme legislation are being considered to prevent a spouse denying or delaying their spouse's access to necessary full-time...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Third Level Education
      795. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proportion of international students to Irish students in the Royal College of Surgeons for the last five years, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Disability Services
      796. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the effectiveness of Section 25 of the Disability Act as it applies to wheelchair users, including electric and power wheelchair...
    • Third Level Education
      798. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the phase 6 training for electrical and instrumentation in SETU Carlow is still scheduled for April 2024; why notification of the training has...
    • Third Level Staff
      799. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a report (details supplied); his views on its recommendation for the implementation of employee status and university contract model...
    • Third Level Education
      800. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects the new UCC dental school project to begin construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10298/24]
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      802. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cé mhéid airgid a chaitheann an Rialtas in aghaidh na bliana chun tacú le hAcadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge. [10379/24]
    • Departmental Properties
      804. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ground rents payable by his Department or agencies under its remit, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable, in the...
    • Third Level Education
      805. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1 of 27 February 2024, if it is now his position that the refurbishment grant for which he sought Cabinet...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      806. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the average wait time for apprenticeships for each phase of their apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Third Level Education
      807. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects the new UCC dental school project to begin construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10774/24]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      808. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether any consideration has been given to supports to people transitioning from full-time jobs, who may have costs such as mortgages, to allow...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Schemes
      809. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to confirm that a town and village renewal scheme 2021 grant can be reopened for a group (details supplied) who were awarded funding...
    • Rural Schemes
      810. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the projects in County Carlow to receive funding under CLÁR Measure 1; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Library Services
      811. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to support public libraries across Ireland. [10234/24]
    • Regulatory Bodies
      812. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of requests her Department has received from the charities regulator seeking approval for recruitment of additional staff...
    • Departmental Programmes
      813. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development what plans are in place to ensure that the LEADER Programme is expanded to include targeted sectors in rural communities; and if she...
    • Departmental Funding
      815. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there will be a repeat of the Community Recognition Fund in 2024 to support communities who are welcoming people from Ukraine and...
    • Community Development Projects
      816. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when details of the 2024 Community Support Fund for enhancing facilities in disadvantaged communities will be announced; and if she...
    • Departmental Programmes
      817. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated to each county under the 2023 CLÁR programme, including any allocations whose announcement has taken place...
    • Harbours and Piers
      818. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 99 of 30 January 2024, for an update on the work of the steering committee tasked with...
    • Departmental Properties
      819. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the ground rents payable by her Department or agencies under its remit, by named property, by name of landlord and by amount payable,...
    • Community Development Projects
      820. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there is any funding available to support community centres purchasing sports equipment; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      821. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to confirm how much Cork city and county will be allocated under the 2023 town and village renewal scheme; when the full set of...
    • EU Funding
      822. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a report on EU funding made available to her department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose for which this...
    • Rural Schemes
      823. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which her Department continues to address such issues as local connectivity in rural areas; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Projects
      824. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans for various voluntary and community groups and projects throughout the country and County Kildare in 2024; and if she will...
    • Rural Schemes
      826. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she and her Department can assist the rural communities dealing with transport in areas not served by public...
    • Regional Development
      832. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the ongoing work by her Department to support remote working initiatives; her views on the benefits of remote working for balanced...

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