Written answers
Wednesday, 6 March 2024
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the Munich Security Conference. [10969/24]
- Departmental Staff
2. To ask the Taoiseach to clarify the number of redundancies, or so called ‘exit-packages’, that have been paid to staff or personnel at any level of seniority in her Department,...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Humanitarian Aid
5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will consider cooperating with other states in conducting air drops of food and other aid into Gaza. [10839/24]
- Middle East
6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the joint Irish-Spanish diplomatic initiative demanding a review of how Israel is fulfilling its human-rights...
- Official Engagements
11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the attendance of the Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence at the United Nations Conference on...
- Ukraine War
12. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of reports regarding European states considering the direct deployment of personnel to Ukraine; if this has been discussed at...
- Presidential Elections
13. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the status of the Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Presidential Elections) Bill 2019 which would...
- Middle East
14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 3 of 25 January 2024, if he accepts that it is permissible for a State to seek permission to intervene...
- Departmental Data
15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 12 December 2023, if his Department assists other Departments, State agencies or private...
- International Bodies
16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department played any role in the failed bid to have the EU anti-money laundering authority located in Ireland; and if he will make a...
- Middle East
18. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his efforts to secure an interim agreement approaching the level of comprehensive trade agreement between the European...
- Departmental Staff
20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to clarify the number of redundancies, or so called ‘exit-packages’, that have been paid to staff or personnel at any level of...
- Humanitarian Aid
22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his engagement with the current ongoing talks to ensure a ceasefire, and that unhindered humanitarian assistance is provided for the people...
- Departmental Staff
23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details supplied)....
- Passport Services
24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application for a person (details supplied) will process on time for the travel date of 14 March; if a document used for their...
- Department of Defence
- Ukraine War
38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to comments from An Taoiseach regarding the provision of assistance to Ukraine in relation to air defence, if he will outline the manner...
- Defence Forces
39. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on medical supports for Defence Forces personnel; if supports will continue post-retirement from the Defence Forces; and if he...
- Departmental Staff
44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to clarify the number of redundancies, or so called ‘exit-packages’, that have been paid to staff or personnel at any level of...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Bus Éireann
47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will initiate discussions with Bus Éireann concerning its service from Southeast Technological University, Waterford serving...
- Bus Services
48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be increased frequency of the C1, C2, C3 and C4 buses at peak times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10894/24]
- Rights of People with Disabilities
49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his plans fully support the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by developing mandatory accessibility...
- Departmental Staff
50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to clarify the number of redundancies, or so called ‘exit-packages’, that have been paid to staff or personnel at any level...
- Driver Test
51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 264 of 17 January 2024 and 176 of 20 February 2024 (details supplied), if he will contact the Road...
- Departmental Staff
52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of exit and or severance and or redundancy packages granted by his Department, and bodies under his aegis, and of bodies he...
- Road Projects
53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any application has been made of the L2779 between Mackey's Cross and junction with Old Blarney road. [11032/24]
- Rail Network
54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a reply has not been issued to Parliamentary Question No. 206 of 13 February 2024 (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Bus Éireann
55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any plans to open the Bus Éireann office in Killarney on a full-time basis; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Staff
56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details supplied)....
- Road Projects
57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a bridge with historic value will be retained when works to upgrade a national road in County Kerry (details supplied) are carried out;...
- Department of Finance
- Departmental Schemes
60. To ask the Minister for Finance the updated position regarding the review of the disabled drivers’ and disabled passengers' scheme; the criteria for the primary medical certificate;...
- Student Accommodation
61. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 27 February 2024, if he can clarify if there was no cost of the Exchequer in the years 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003,...
- Departmental Staff
62. To ask the Minister for Finance to clarify the number of redundancies, or so called ‘exit-packages’, that have been paid to staff or personnel at any level of seniority in his...
- Revenue Commissioners
64. To ask the Minister for Finance if monthly technical adjustment figures being paid by a person have already been settled by their employer (details supplied); if so, if the amount paid by the...
- Banking Sector
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properties that remain vacant following the closure of bank branches in all the banks that the State has shares in, in each county and area, in...
- Tax Code
66. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person is a resident in the USA and was Irish born with a PPS number, if that person enters a five-year lease to lease owned lands, if this is tax free;...
- Departmental Staff
67. To ask the Minister for Finance to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details supplied). [11159/24]
- Customs and Excise
68. To ask the Minister for Finance if the cost of importing a car can be reviewed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11177/24]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Pension Provisions
69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if she will urgently address an anomaly in the retirement system, whereby a retiree from the HSE must apply for jobseekers for a...
- Departmental Staff
70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to clarify the number of redundancies, or so called ‘exit-packages’, that have been paid to staff or personnel at any level...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Work Permits
73. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the updated regulations for work permits facilitate a category for an employee engaged in the preparation or manufacture of tofu,...
- Regulatory Bodies
74. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that all issues involving unfair competition will be investigated in a fair and transparent manner by the CCPC; the...
- Departmental Staff
76. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to clarify the number of redundancies, or so called ‘exit-packages’, that have been paid to staff or personnel at any...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Bus Éireann will review its school transport policy on over 70s bus drivers given that other publicly funded public bus services do not...
- Special Educational Needs
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of ASD places available in schools in the Dublin southwest area; the number of additional ASD places that have been created for...
- Departmental Data
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the data sets that will be included in the school data return process in 2024; if children's diagnosis status will be included in the data; and if...
- School Funding
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how much money was allocated per county and the amount of funding that was allocated to primary schools under PE grants for 2023, 2022 and 2021,...
- Special Educational Needs
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction work on the four new classrooms for an ASD unit at schools (details supplied) which was sanctioned in June 2020, will commence;...
- Departmental Correspondence
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department can reconcile documents received from a teacher (details supplied) with their service; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Facilities
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has completed the appraisal process for a school (details supplied); if not when she plans to do so; and if she will make a...
- School Textbooks
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how the free schoolbooks scheme works for students who use tablets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10907/24]
- School Equipment
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) was denied assistive technology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10912/24]
- Special Educational Needs
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a place in a special autism class in a school (details supplied) could be urgently offered to a child; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Uniforms
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if in relation to Circular 0032/2017 she envisioned that schools would undertake to sell school uniforms directly to families and to take away the...
- Departmental Staff
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the number of redundancies, or so called ‘exit-packages’, that have been paid to staff or personnel at any level of...
- Departmental Budgets
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will publish documentation whether bank accounts and fund transfers or otherwise that proves €8.195 million surplus from school...
- Departmental Staff
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of exit and or severance and or redundancy packages granted by her Department, and bodies under her aegis, and of bodies he funds in...
- Schools Building Projects
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the development of a new school site to accommodate schools (details supplied); if tenders have been awarded;...
- Special Educational Needs
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter regarding SET hours (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11051/24]
- Schools Administration
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the sanction of a roll number for Glenroe national school in Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11052/24]
- Schools Building Projects
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will take special measures to speed the finishing of the interior of the Convent of Mercy, Naas, given the unnecessary and...
- Departmental Staff
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details supplied). [11156/24]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Online Safety
102. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht ifs he will provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to develop a research programme around the concept of...
- Departmental Staff
105. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to clarify the number of redundancies, or so called ‘exit-packages’, that have been paid to staff or personnel at...
- Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
108. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici méadú mór a dhéanamh ar an maoiniú atá ar fáil do...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Wind Energy Guidelines
109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a full progress report on the draft wind energy guidelines considering the significant number of...
- Fire Service
110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the pay negotiations of the retained fire service; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Local Authorities
111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in tabular form, per local authority, the value of the contracts for street light maintenance for 2023, 2022 and 2021; and if...
- Departmental Staff
113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify the number of redundancies, or so called ‘exit-packages’, that have been paid to staff or personnel...
- Rental Sector
115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if short term lets, such as Airbnb, will be required to get a specific planning permission if they wish to continue in...
- Departmental Staff
116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the National Parks and Wildlife service will provide a county-by-county breakdown of the number of applications in 2023 for...
- Fire Safety
118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a company (details supplied) has made an application for the interim remediation scheme for fire safety defects in eligible...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Public Transport
119. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review eligibility for the free travel scheme for people who have a severe illness but who are not in receipt of...
- Social Welfare Benefits
120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection are insurance contributions carried over to persons who are foster parents and not in employment outside the home; and if she...
- Pension Provisions
122. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a statement of widow’s pension paid in 2022 to a person (details supplied) can issue to the client as soon as...
- Departmental Staff
123. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to clarify the number of redundancies, or so called ‘exit-packages’, that have been paid to staff or personnel...
- Social Welfare Payments
125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of his appeal against the decision to reduce a person's payment (details supplied) with particular reference to...
- Pension Provisions
126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if any pensioners lost out between the time of pension increases in January 2024 and the raising of the fuel allowance means...
- Social Welfare Benefits
127. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for disability allowance (details supplied) will be assessed on current means only; and if she will make a...
- Pension Provisions
128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for invalidity pension by a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if...
- Departmental Staff
129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details...
- Social Welfare Benefits
130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of a domiciliary care allowance application (details supplied), and when a decision be made; and if she...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- An Garda Síochána
131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects that the provisions of the Garda Síochána Recording Devices Act 2023 will be fully implemented....
- Road Traffic Offences
133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of static roadside speed cameras that detected excessive speeding in County Longford for 2023, 2022 and 2021; and if...
- Citizenship Applications
135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
- Departmental Staff
136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify the number of redundancies, or so called ‘exit-packages’, that have been paid to staff or personnel at...
- Paramilitary Groups
138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made since the return of Stormont to implement the strong recommendation of the Independent Reporting Committee...
- Parole Boards
139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recommendations received by her Department from the Parole Board since its inception; the number of these that...
- An Garda Síochána
140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a breakdown of the number of Garda officers, by rank, attached to all south Kildare Garda stations for the years 2020,...
- Departmental Staff
141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details...
- Legislative Measures
142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the status of the Non-Fatal Offences against the Person (Amendment) (Spiking) Bill 2023; and if she will make...
- Visa Applications
143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current processing times for de facto partnership visa applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11194/24]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Licences
144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10930/24]
- Forestry Sector
145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what supports are available to an organisation (details supplied) to ensure that their project can continue to thrive; and if he will...
- Agriculture Schemes
146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the subsidies paid to farmers affected by ash dieback will be liable for any form of taxation; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Staff
147. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to clarify the number of redundancies, or so called ‘exit-packages’, that have been paid to staff or personnel at any...
- Forestry Sector
148. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total area of land submitted at form one stage of the 20 licences issued week ending 23 February 2024 and the net area of land...
- Agriculture Schemes
149. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise on any delays to payments under the organic farming scheme; if delays to other farm payments such as ACRES have...
- Departmental Staff
151. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of exit and or severance and or redundancy packages granted by his Department, and bodies under his aegis, and of bodies...
- Special Protection Areas
152. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) was not included in the Shannon Callows scheme even though he is within the Shannon SPA; and...
- Horse Racing Industry
153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm the contractors/employees named in the tender submitted by the Irish Horse Board in April 2022 for sport horse marketing...
- Departmental Staff
175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details...
- Departmental Data
176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a county-by-county breakdown of the number of herd numbers with declared natura lands; and if he will make a...
- Harbours and Piers
177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 1 June 2023, and 381 and 382 of 27 February 2024, if he will provide the latest update...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Disabilities Assessments
178. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for the current waiting times for children in Dublin north to receive an assessment of need; and the current...
- Mother and Baby Homes
179. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in relation to prioritising the elderly in the redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes, what will...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
180. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 8 February 2024, if the additional information concerning an...
- Disability Services
182. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff vacancies per department in the Phoenix Centre in Longford town; and if he will make a...
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
184. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a person (details supplied) has not received an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disability Services
187. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current Children's Disability Network Team waiting times in Dublin North, the rest of Dublin and nationally....
- Departmental Staff
188. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to clarify the number of redundancies, or so called ‘exit-packages’, that have been paid to staff...
- Disability Services
190. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if provision can be made to provide a family (details supplied) with some respite; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Staff
191. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since...
- Departmental Funding
192. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether it is intended to provide dedicated integration funding to an area (details supplied) in view of the...
- Child and Family Agency
193. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Tusla carries out any inspections or audits to ensure compliance with child protection rules where children...
- Department of Health
- Departmental Funding
194. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to concerns raised (details attached); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10840/24]
- Health Services
195. To ask the Minister for Health when a child in County Donegal (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for physiotherapy sessions; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Funding
196. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided to Understanding and Managing Adult ADHD Programme over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
198. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Government is now choosing to unilaterally end the Covid-19 related special leave scheme and is refusing to work with unions to agree on a...
- Primary Care Centres
199. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on project (detail supplied); the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10879/24]
- Health Service Executive
200. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made by the HSE in their discussions with an organisation (details supplied) concerning a partnership to provide a service in the south Tipperary...
- Departmental Funding
202. To ask the Minister for Health if he, in consultation with the HSE, will reconsider the decision to cease funding the Understanding and Managing Adult ADHD Programme currently delivered by...
- Mental Health Services
203. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that without HSE funding a pastoral centre that provides counselling to people, including a family member of a victim of the Creeslough tragedy,...
- Pension Provisions
205. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently address an anomaly in the retirement system, whereby a retiree from the HSE must apply for jobseekers for a nine-month period prior to...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
206. To ask the Minister for Health he status of hearing aids for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10947/24]
- Disabilities Assessments
207. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise why there is no pathway available to access diagnostic assessments for autism via primary care services in County Roscommon; if he will...
- Departmental Funding
209. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the reason the HSE is to withdraw funding for UMAAP in 2024 given there are more than 160,000 adults in the State with ADHD, and this new...
- Departmental Staff
210. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the number of redundancies, or so called ‘exit-packages’, that have been paid to staff or personnel at any level of seniority in his...
- Hospital Appointments Status
211. To ask the Minister for Health to schedule a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11000/24]
- Regulatory Bodies
212. To ask the Minister for Health how many doctors are being investigated by the Irish Medical Council or any other body under the responsibility of his Department; and his plans to investigate...
- Departmental Funding
213. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the reason funding was withdrawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11005/24]
- Assisted Human Reproduction
214. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for people to access the regional fertility hubs; if he will outline the average waiting time for each regional fertility hub for...
- Mental Health Services
215. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to introduce a new complaints process for CAMHS in view of concerns with the current procedure (details supplied); if this will be provided for in...
- Departmental Staff
216. To ask the Minister for Health the number of exit and or severance and or redundancy packages granted by his Department, and bodies under his aegis, and of bodies he funds in full or in...
- Health Service Executive
217. To ask the Minister for Health the services being provided from a centre (details supplied). [11030/24]
- General Practitioner Services
220. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a reply has not been issued from the HSE to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 136 of 8 November 2024 and 493 of 7 February 2024 (details supplied); if he...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
221. To ask the Minister for Health when the replies will issue to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1265 of 7 November 2023 and 494 of 7 February 2024 (details supplied); if he will take this matter...
- Health Strategies
222. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is aware of the Icelandic Planet Youth model; the engagement, if any, that his Department has had with Icelandic Planet Youth to date; and if...
- Health Service Executive
223. To ask the Minister for Health the current usage of a premises (details supplied); the future plans for the premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11063/24]
- General Practitioner Services
224. To ask the Minister for Health if a Kdoc service could be located in the primary care centre in Athy, County Kildare, to serve the people of Athy; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Nursing Education
226. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the subsistence payment of €1000 per academic agreed to be paid to nursing and midwifery students, and to be backdated to 2022, has not yet...
- Dental Services
227. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentist vacancies in south Kildare, and surrounding areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11099/24]
- Island Communities
228. To ask the Minister for Health if it is intended to provide a special allowance for people living on offshore islands in relation to the assessment of eligibility for medical cards, in view...
- Departmental Staff
229. To ask the Minister for Health to list all staff/management exit packages for staff/management in their Departments that they sanctioned since 2016 (details supplied). [11162/24]
- Health Services Staff
230. To ask the Minister for Health if it is intended to address the fact that there was no increase in salaries and pensions for former district medical officers for many years, and that...
- Health Service Executive
232. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) was in receipt of a large settlement package from the HSE; if a breakdown will be provided in relation to the payment; if he...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Staff
233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the number of redundancies, or so called ‘exit-packages’, that have been paid to staff or personnel at any level of...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Public Parks
236. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development in tabular form per county, the number and value of playground grants provided for 2023, 2022 and 2021. [10883/24]
- Rural Schemes
237. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the L2779 would be eligible for the local improvement scheme; and when applications will open under this scheme. [11033/24]
- Departmental Staff
238. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to clarify the number of redundancies, or so called ‘exit-packages’, that have been paid to staff or personnel at any...
- Regional Development
241. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she can provide any assistance to villages in Ireland looking to establish twinning arrangements with foreign locations; and if she...
