Written answers
Thursday, 7 March 2024
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Middle East
6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will work with like-minded countries in the EU, or elsewhere, to organise an airdrop of emergency food and medical supplies to the...
- Foreign Policy
14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the call by Yulia Navalnaya for European Union countries not to recognise the Russian Federation's presidential election in...
- Ukraine War
15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what initiatives are being taken to support Ukraine's repair, recovery and reconstruction, in coordination with international partners, and...
- EU Meetings
16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on his recent meeting of the foreign affairs ministers in Brussels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10957/24]
- Passport Services
17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on passport applications and processing times presently; how many applications were processed to date this year; how many are...
- Ukraine War
19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 61 of 24 January 2024, the details of Ireland's financial and in-kind assistance to Ukraine since...
- Foreign Policy
22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide details on the interactions between the State and the Polisario Front of Western Sahara, and if his Department intends on...
- Middle East
23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a status update on Ireland's plans to support South Africa's case against Israel under the Genocide Convention at the International Court...
- Official Engagements
24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his attendance at the Munich Security Conference 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10890/24]
- Ukraine War
25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his assessment of the consequences for all of Europe if Russia is allowed to prevail in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Passport Services
28. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications on hand more than one, three and six months; and his proposals to ensure that all applications are...
- Departmental Policies
29. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his proposals for further discussions with the British foreign secretary and the secretary of state for Northern Ireland on the need for the...
- Middle East
30. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his efforts to secure a review of Israels adherence to human rights clauses within the EU Israel Association agreement;...
- Legislative Programme
32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the legislative programme. [3497/24]
- Foreign Policy
33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the situation concerning the case of an Irish citizen (details supplied) detained in Iraq and his Departments work in...
- Middle East
34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what political and/or diplomatic actions Ireland is taking at EU level, in the matter of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s...
- Ukraine War
36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what action he is taking alongside EU partners in relation to third-country actors who materially support Russia’s war on Ukraine; and...
- Middle East
37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland can help provide more effective humanitarian aid for Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11106/24]
- Northern Ireland
38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his engagement to date with his UK counterparts on the recent court decision in Northern Ireland on the Northern Ireland legacy issues; and...
- European Union
40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the discussions within Europe on the level of hostile online activity by foreign states, and the effectiveness of...
- Immigration Policy
41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he was asked for advice ahead of the Minister for Justice declaring additional safe countries of origin in immigration terms...
- Foreign Policy
42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his assessment of the outcome of the Iranian parliamentary election; if he anticipates the outcome will lead to any improvement in the human...
- Northern Ireland
43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, in light of new evidence emerging regarding the 1973 killing of a person (details supplied), he will make the family's desire for a...
- Ukraine War
44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his assessment of the Register of Damage, which aims to serve as a record of evidence and information on claims of damage, loss or injury...
- Middle East
45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an Israeli attack on Rafah would have implications to Ireland’s St. Patrick’s Day arrangements and engagements in the United...
- Foreign Policy
46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department can provide an update on a case (details supplied); his plans to assist the family in this case; and if he will make a...
- Ukraine War
47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how Ireland is working with the EU partners to stop battlefield goods and technology reaching Russia and to combat the circumvention of...
- Middle East
50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government will consider contributing to the aid drop currently being undertaken by Jordan to bypass the Israeli blockade of...
- Passport Services
51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what action his Department is taking to improve processing times of paper based renewal and first-time passport applications, in view that...
- Middle East
56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his and his Department’s recent interactions with European states and with the United States of America about Gaza;...
- Foreign Policy
58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a report on his Department's meeting with the Russian Ambassador following the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Departmental Funding
59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding committed under the Shared Island Fund to date on each side of the border; the amount of this committed to cultural projects...
- EU Presidency
60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on the preparatory work within his Department in advance of Ireland assuming the presidency of the European Council in 2026. [10952/24]
- Middle East
62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 30 of 25 January 2024, his plans to formally recognise the state of Palestine, as per the commitment in...
- Ukraine War
63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if frozen Russian assets in Ireland will now be seized and utilised for war reparation purposes to compensate citizens of this State for the...
- Middle East
64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what additional supports have been authorised to the UNWRA since the Israeli's most recent attempt to undermine its work led to the...
- Foreign Policy
65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland’s position on the situation in the Western Sahara; if he has discussed this situation with his counterparts in the European...
- European Union
70. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on maintaining the requirement for unanimity on European Council Foreign Policy decisions. [10950/24]
- Middle East
72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of his engagement to date both at bilateral level with his Israeli counterpart, and at EU level, with regard to the designation...
- Ukraine War
74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how Ireland is providing support to Ukraine through the European Peace Facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10850/24]
- Human Rights
75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he considers that the Iranian government has committed crimes against humanity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10915/24]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Air Quality
83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role his Department takes in monitoring air quality; the number of air quality testing stations in Cork; if he will...
- Energy Policy
87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to report on the latest meeting of the Interdepartmental Steering Group on Energy Poverty; and if he will make a...
- Renewable Energy Generation
90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will publish the draft designated maritime area plans, strategic environmental assessment, and draft appropriate...
- Climate Change Policy
92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views that it is still possible for Ireland to remain within the first carbon budget; and if he will make a...
- Offshore Exploration
94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason he approved the extension of the Europa Oil and Gas exploration licence. [11040/24]
- Renewable Energy Generation
95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects the final ORE Future Framework Policy Statement to be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Recycling Policy
96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the up to date position on the operation of the deposit return scheme; if he has an early indication of the per centage...
- Environmental Policy
97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will oppose any form of LNG terminal in Ireland as unnecessary and environmentally damaging; and if he will make a...
- Climate Action Plan
98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to detail the consultation that has taken place with people with disabilities and their disabled persons representative...
- Recycling Policy
100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of the recent negative impact surrounding reverse vending machines at retail locations not accepting...
- Illegal Dumping
101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the implementation of the LGMA guidelines on the use of CCTV to tackle illegal dumping and...
- Recycling Policy
102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is concerned with reported abuses of the deposit return scheme through the use of photocopied labels; if he can...
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date in overcoming barriers to the deployment of 100% population 5G coverage by 2030; and if he will...
- Defective Building Materials
104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to make sure that people with defective concrete blocks and are engaging with the Government...
- Departmental Strategies
105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will indicate the sectors for which a circular economy strategy is being prepared; if the values on key targets...
- Air Quality
106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the improvement in air quality since he introduced the Statewide ban on selling smoky fuels in retail outlets etc.; and...
- Broadband Infrastructure
107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which broadband provision throughout the country is progressing as intended; if efforts continue to...
- National Broadband Plan
108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date with the roll out of the National Broadband Plan throughout County Cavan; and if he will make a...
- Electricity Grid
109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the roll-out of smart metres in Ireland; if it is a requirement now to have one in order to install...
- Recycling Policy
110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has had discussions with small businesses who are encountering difficulties with the deposit return scheme; and...
- Broadband Infrastructure
111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a school in the Connemara Gaeltacht (details supplied) will be placed on the spring roll-out worklist for fibre; and...
- Climate Change Policy
112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the degree to which he continues to ensure the meeting of emission targets while protecting the agri-food industry; and...
- Energy Policy
113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the progress on the establishment of a centre of excellence for district heating as recommended in...
- Broadband Infrastructure
114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the progress of broadband roll-out by commercial providers in urban areas; and if he will make a...
- Energy Policy
115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how he intends to implement a just transition and mixed technology approach for existing gas and oil home-heating...
- Energy Production
116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has had discussions with the ESB on opening up grid access to more households and businesses with microgeneration...
- North-South Interconnector
117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on his engagements with Eirgrid at which he has raised the North-South Interconnector; and if he will...
- Just Transition
118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how he is supporting the Just Transition process; the funding being allocated for same; and if he will make a statement...
- Recycling Policy
120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to contact all local authorities to ensure their involvement in installing reverse vending machines at...
- Energy Production
121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the prospective generation capacity needs under each category of generation and storage over the...
- Recycling Policy
122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the first month of the operation of the deposit return scheme; and if he will make a...
- Energy Prices
124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to address the challenges that rural communities are facing in relation to increased costs with household energy and...
- Energy Conservation
125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the plans that are in place to reduce waiting times for the SEAI's warmer homes scheme; and if he will make a statement...
- Constitutional Amendments
126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he supports holding a referendum on the rights of the nature; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11042/24]
- Energy Policy
127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department is investigating the use of new technology which has been developed for energy storage capacity on...
- Nuclear Waste
129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if any efforts are being made to commission an independent or third-party assessment of Sellafield’s operations...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Conflicts
130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to indicate whether against the background of numerous wars, invasions, aggressions, in the course of any recent discussions he has had with...
- Good Friday Agreement
131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which ongoing discussions with the parties in Northern Ireland are afoot, with particular reference to the need to ensure the...
- United Nations
132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will set out his views on the escalating security crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo; the reason for the withdrawal after a...
- Media Pluralism
133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports the campaign by more than 50 journalists calling on Israel and Egypt to provide free and unfettered access to Gaza for all...
- Foreign Policy
134. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to set out the actions he has taken to protest to Russia on foot of the death in custody of Alexei Navalny; if he believes that the number...
- Departmental Projects
135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when funding applications under the global Irish festival series will be made available to local authorities and other relevant bodies...
- International Bodies
136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support that an allegation made by a person (details supplied), the Attorney-General of the Irish State, in his presentation to...
- North-South Implementation Bodies
137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline his recent engagement with the British government in relation to the re-establishment of the Northern Ireland Executive....
- Foreign Policy
138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which positive steps continue to be taken to influence the future of Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Energy Conservation
147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to address curtailment of renewable energy on the grid; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Energy Policy
148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the eligibility rules will be published for the home energy upgrade loan scheme, and the expected timeline from...
- Building Energy Rating
150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a person will receive an appointment for a BER assessment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Waterways Issues
151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter regarding the remediation of the weir in Fermoy (details supplied). [11451/24]
- Waste Management
152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if private waste providers are permitted to charge a lifting fee for picking up compost bins from householders and his...
- Environmental Policy
153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which he has studied the basis on which other EU countries and non-EU countries propose to meet their...
- Departmental Projects
155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which projects that fall within the aegis of his Department and are within the revised National...
- Environmental Policy
156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which progress is being made towards achieving climate action targets as set out; the degree to which...
- Renewable Energy Generation
157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of Ireland’s electricity produced from renewable sources; if this is in line with expectations;...
- Telecommunications Services
158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the quality of mobile telephone services can be improved nationwide in both urban and rural areas;...
- Broadband Infrastructure
159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the provision of broadband throughout the country can attain the speed necessary to meet the added...
- Environmental Policy
161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the main areas of environmental protection requirements deemed at present to be urgent; the action to date in hand or...
- Electricity Generation
162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent of the shift away from fossil fuels for the generation of electricity; if this is in line with targets; and...
- Electricity Grid
164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the national grid currently relies and draws on renewable energy as a percentage of total...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
165. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of individuals in the last five years who have purchased their way out of the Defence Forces, in tabular form; the cost of this by...
- Digital Archiving
168. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the plans to make a full-back catalogue of the official Defence Forces magazine, An Cosantóir, from 1940, available online; and if he will...
- Defence Forces
169. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a risk assessment has been carried out on the impact to Irish peacekeeping troops serving in Lebanon on their monitoring of the blue line...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
184. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline the responsibilities that Minister of State at the Department of Defence currently has within the Defence remit; and if he will make...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Safety
185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to a situation regarding road safety issues in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland
187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale presented to him by Transport Infrastructure Ireland for the use of a private operator for the Luas, unlike all other rail...
- Public Transport
188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is the policy of Dublin Bus, the National Transport Authority, NTA, or any Transport for Ireland, TFI, bus operators to record bus...
- Insurance Coverage
192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if private car owners will have to avail of Motor Third Party Liability; the impact this will have on them; and if he will make a...
- Public Transport
193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to extending the maximum age of 2015 registered small public service vehicles; and if he will make a...
- Rail Network
194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to confirm when works will begin in respect of each of the new rail stations of Blarney/Stoneview, Monard, Blackpool/Kilbarry, Tivoli,...
- Bus Services
195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will expand the capacity of the 350 bus service to Galway due to the increased demands at peak times for those travelling to and...
- Road Projects
196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details on any applications received by a local authority to fund a project in the past ten years (details supplied);...
- Road Safety
198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Macroom Town/Millstreet Road entrance to the N22 Macroom Bypass (Kerry-bound carriageways) meets modern safety standards; if the...
- Road Projects
199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the likely opening date for the new Shannon crossing. [11525/24]
- Department of Finance
- Tax Data
200. To ask the Minister for Finance to list, in tabular form, by each local authority area, the number of vacant homes tax (VHT) returns received by the Revenue Commissioners during the first...
- Tax Collection
202. To ask the Minister for Finance to examine tax a collection query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11231/24]
- Tax Reliefs
203. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing measures with regard to tax relief for certain professions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Collection
204. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 144 and 145 of 27 February 2024, it is stated that it is “the responsibility of the employer to ensure that all...
- Tax Yield
205. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of the pension levy collected in respect of the An Post Superannuation Scheme between 2011 to 2015, inclusive, under Section 125B of the Stamp...
- Tax Reliefs
206. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a VAT refund scheme on the purchase of a car for owners who provide respite services for people with a disability who use their car to...
- Tax Credits
207. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 on 27 February 2024, and the reply given, if he could provide in tabular form a county breakdown of the 333, 309...
- Customs and Excise
208. To ask the Minister for Finance what restrictions if any, are in place for bringing vegetables from the UK into Ireland for showcasing at a competition (details supplied); and if he will...
- Tax Reliefs
209. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a case (details supplied) whereby a person has been refused the mortgage interest tax relief; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Statutory Instruments
210. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform how Section 17(1) of the Pensions (Increase) Act 1964, the Regulations made thereunder, and the Explanatory Note attached to S.I. No....
- Tourism Industry
211. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of visitors to the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, in tabular form, in each month since January 2022 to date. [11464/24]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Employment Rights
212. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions he is taking to protect workers' rights in the technology sector who are currently experiencing mass layoffs,...
- Business Supports
213. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the increased cost of business grant will be paid out to eligible businesses; how the scheme will be administered; and if he...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Bus Éireann
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will instruct Bus Éireann to abolish its rule not to allow private bus operators who are contracted to Bus Éireann not to have...
- Schools Building Projects
215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the provision of a second modular classroom for a school (details supplied); when this second modular classroom will be...
- School Accommodation
216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills due to an expressed preference for a non-religious secondary school in the Dublin 8 area, if any discussions have taken place with existing...
- School Curriculum
217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what additional investment is planned for schools in the Dublin 8 area to facilitate more students and expand subject choice. [11221/24]
- Schools Building Projects
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a new school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11277/24]
- Departmental Circulars
221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which she last issued a circular to school principles and BOMs at primary and secondary school level in respect of group messaging...
- Departmental Data
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many ASD units there are in Tipperary primary and post primary schools; and if she will list their locations. [11370/24]
- Equality Issues
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address concerns with respect to parity of pay for providers of adult education; the work her Department plans to rectify this situation; and...
- State Examinations
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm the reason the course content and assessment brief for the Irish Junior Certificate has changed, with students no longer required to...
- Schools Building Projects
226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for any update regarding the Educate Together school that is planned for the site of the old fire station in Georges Place, Dún Laoghaire;...
- State Examinations
227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any consideration is being given to allowing adjustments for this years and next year’s leaving certificate students who were impacted...
- School Transport
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her timeline for the revision and expansion of the school transport service; if she will amend the distance travelled to the nearest pick up...
- Schools Building Projects
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that there are no further delays to the tender process at Harold's Cross Educate Together school; and if she can give a...
- School Accommodation
231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on progress under the additional accommodation scheme for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- School Enrolments
232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when a suitable school place can be provided for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11480/24]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Scoláireachtaí Gaeltachta
233. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici líon na scoláireachtaí do dhaltaí lasmuigh de na hOileáin a...
- Irish Language
234. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names of all Irish language colleges that have been supported by the Department in County Donegal over the past five years, in...
- Departmental Consultations
235. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of submissions received by her Department as part of the public consultation on the development of a National Swimming...
- Tourist Accommodation
236. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of the estimated 10,700 short-term rentals expected to leave the tourism market upon the introduction of the short-term...
- Sports Organisations
238. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht what measures she can take to assist female sports teams with issues such as pitch availability, sponsorship for team gear, team...
- Television Licence Fee
239. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to supply up-to-date TV licence renewal figures. [11516/24]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Broadband Infrastructure
240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to communities providing broadband connection points that are now being exposed to commercial...
- Water Supply
241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to release the 2019 CRU-commissioned report by HR Wallingford into the eastern and midlands water supply project; and the...
- National Parks
242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what engagement there has been with Glacier National Park in Montana since the sister park agreement. [11418/24]
- Grant Payments
243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the review of the housing adaptation grants for older people and people with a disability, and in...
- Housing Schemes
244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a temporary increase in HAP payments is available to a person (details supplied) to prevent the tenant going into...
- Departmental Schemes
253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government given the contradictory stances between local authorities such as SDCC and the guidance from his Department and the Ombudsman...
- Traffic Management
258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the proposals to proceed with the provision of a second bridge over the River Liffey at Celbridge, County Kildare will...
- Departmental Schemes
259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 218 of 29 February 2024, if he will provide an update on the conservation advice pilot...
- Water Services
260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that there must be a minimum of 25 houses seeking water to be eligible for a “ Community Connection”...
- Housing Schemes
262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the housing assistance payment scheme to increase the amount of supports to reflect the increase in private...
- Local Authorities
263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to consider bringing forward an allowance for local authority members to assist with their expenses of running an office...
- Legislative Process
264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the drafting of the heads of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill; if he can outline what changes to...
- Water Services
265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homeowners that have applied to have their septic tank registered, by county, in tabular form; the number that...
- Housing Schemes
266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11460/24]
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Rental Sector
270. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are any supports beyond HAP to assist struggling families pay their rent; and if she will make a statement on the...
- State Pensions
271. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if former members of the Catholic clergy are entitled to a contributory pension if their bishops did not sign them up on the...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
272. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when applying domiciliary care allowance for a child if a diagnosis is required (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
274. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the community ophthalmic services scheme standard eye examination contractors’ fee is now to be equal to the eye...
- Social Welfare Payments
277. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person will receive their pension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11455/24]
- Social Welfare Benefits
278. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the entitlement, if any, to rent a room in any way inhibited the entitlement to widow’s pension in the case of a...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
281. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can continue in less than full-time or part-time employment along with reduced social welfare...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- European Union
282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which he continues to influence the international community and European countries to ensure they play their part...
- Immigration Policy
283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider the plight of persons (details supplied) following the expiration of their visas in April; and if she will...
- An Garda Síochána
284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on when she expects to publish the final evaluation report on the Local Community Safety...
- Courts Service
285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to detail the number of prosecutions for dangerous driving where the charges were dropped due to a technicality in 2020, 2021,...
- An Garda Síochána
286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider changing a rule (details supplied) restricting elected representatives from sitting on multiple Joint...
- Immigration Status
288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to review a case (details supplied) in assisting this person to regularise their status in Ireland once again. [11414/24]
- Family Reunification
290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is likely to respond favourably or otherwise to the application for family reunification in the case of a person (details...
- International Protection
291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the entitlement to employment in the case of a person (details supplied), notwithstanding previous replies in the matter;...
- Citizenship Applications
292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in relation to the application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Foreshore Issues
293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a foreshore licence will issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11197/24]
- Agriculture Schemes
294. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when TAMS applications will be processed; if he will expedite applications for time-sensitive measures such as replacement of silage...
- Forestry Sector
295. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 265, 266 and 267 and 268 of 14 February 2024, to confirm registered ecologists were not...
- Agriculture Schemes
299. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an ACRES-CP payment will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11297/24]
- European Union
300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he has put forward to the European Commission in relation to the need to reduce the regulatory burden on farmers; and...
- Forestry Sector
301. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the consultation process for the mid-term review of the current forestry programme will commence, when it will end; when agreed...
- Departmental Reports
303. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the findings of a report (details supplied) will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11424/24]
- Renewable Energy Generation
304. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 391 of 14 November 2023, to outline the number of TAMS 2 solar PV installations that were...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Departmental Policies
306. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what action his Department is taking to expand and improve respite care services for individuals and families...
- Disability Services
307. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of unique children enrolled in AIM for 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [11201/24]
- Departmental Consultations
308. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childminders that have responded to the public consultation on the draft childminding regulations;...
- International Protection
309. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 29 February 2024, if he will provide the details on the following...
- Asylum Seekers
310. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in view of the fact that there are now over 1,000 asylum seekers without accommodation in Ireland, his plans for...
- Mother and Baby Homes
313. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will expand the redress scheme to include all those who spent time in a mother and baby institution or...
- Departmental Funding
314. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding given to the Finglas Youth Resource Centre for the past five years, in tabular form; and...
- Disability Services
316. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm if his Department is actively coordinating with disability advocacy organisations and community...
- Care Services
321. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if carers can be provided to a person in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Inquiries
322. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can assist a group (details supplied) and address the matter raised in correspondence; and if he will make...
- Children in Care
323. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the date, the location and the participants of meetings he has held with the providers of State care...
- Mother and Baby Homes
324. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether those who were in “mother and baby homes” will be automatically entitled to dental,...
- Care Services
326. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason funding is not being provided to the HSE for a supported living package of care; and if he will make...
- Departmental Expenditure
327. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of prompt payment interest and compensation paid by his Department for the years 2023 and to date in...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
328. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will accept a child (details supplied) for the ECCE overage exemption for September 2024; and...
- Childcare Services
329. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of private creches/playschools that have pulled out of the Government funding schemes and are now...
- Schools Building Projects
330. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the accommodation project for a school (details supplied); the current status...
- Mother and Baby Homes
331. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans in his Department to launch a public awareness campaign of the mother and baby redress scheme...
- Asylum Seekers
332. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the action he is taking to provide appropriate accommodation for people who are seeking asylum who are currently...
- Child Protection
333. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in relation to the Protecting Against Predators report by the Sexual Exploitation Research Programme, what...
- Special Educational Needs
334. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress to date in meeting the needs of a person (details supplied) who has ongoing special needs; and if...
- Disability Services
335. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when speech and language therapy can be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Department of Health
- Home Care Packages
337. To ask the Minister for Health to set out in tabular form the current waiting times for elderly home support services across the different regions nationally, and what action his Department...
- Hospital Deaths
338. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the reports of deaths in Cherry Orchard hospital; if he will initiate a full investigation into the matter; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Mental Health Services
339. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of children on a waiting list for their first appointment to CAMHS in the CHO7 area; and the number of those waiting more than six months....
- Ambulance Service
342. To ask the Minister for Health if he has investigated the potential misuse of ambulances for personal use within the NBS; and the number of ambulance vehicles parked outside offices during...
- Nursing Homes
343. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for a unit for older persons in Clonmel following the transfer of residents to a new residential care services unit (details supplied); and...
- Hospice Services
344. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any specific factors that would restrict the allocation of palliative care support beds to an existing unit (details supplied) once the current...
- Nursing Homes
345. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request HSE Estates to supply a copy of the report in relation to the status of the roof in a care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
346. To ask the Minister for Health to quantify the amount of money spent on the treatment purchase fund in each of the last five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Mental Health Services
347. To ask the Minister for Health if he has the statutory powers under Section 34 of the Mental Health Act 2001 to regulate CAMHS; if he will do so as it is the primary recommendation made by...
- Home Care Packages
349. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people that were on the waiting list for homecare packages in County Meath, at the end of each year from 2015 to 2023, in tabular form. [11239/24]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
351. To ask the Minister for Health the countries where treatment was delivered under the treatment purchase fund in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
- Health Services
352. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the funding crisis facing the Understanding and Managing Adult ADHD Programme (UMAAP) currently delivered via ADHD Ireland and the recent...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
355. To ask the Minister for Health when a person will get an appointment in University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11287/24]
- Health Services Staff
356. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of an addiction nurse per year. [11291/24]
- Departmental Funding
359. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to a service (details supplied) in 2023 broken down by funding purpose, in tabular form. [11294/24]
- Health Services Staff
360. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of an addiction counsellor per year. [11295/24]
- Health Services
361. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11296/24]
- Healthcare Policy
363. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed start date for the implementation of the proposals in the National Clinical Programme for Ophthalmology, and in particular the transfer of care of...
- Health Services
365. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm what steps are being taken to ensure that home and community care services are responsive to the evolving healthcare needs of the aging population...
- Healthcare Policy
366. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify why the statutory scheme, which is essential for developing a homecare sector that is accessible, sustainable and accountable, has been delayed and...
- Health Services
367. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm what action his Department is taking in conjunction with local authorities and community organizations to strengthen the overall support system for...
- Healthcare Policy
368. To ask the Minister for Health what action his Department is taking to ensure that the authorisation scheme 2023 is enough of an incentive to persuade more individuals to become homecare...
- Community Care
370. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on any ongoing efforts being made by his Department to incorporate technology and innovation into home and community care services to...
- Care Services
372. To ask the Minister for Health what initiatives are in place to enhance the coordination and integration of home and community care services with other healthcare providers to create a...
- Healthcare Policy
373. To ask the Minister for Health what action his Department is taking to recruit new home support providers, in view that the authorisation scheme has been proven to increase staff retention...
- Care Services
374. To ask the Minister for Health what action his Department is taking to address recruitment and retention challenges within the home and community care workforce to ensure a consistent and...
- Parliamentary Questions
377. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the current status of Parliamentary Questions within the Health Service Executive; if the HSE can quantify the accumulated backlog of unanswered...
- Hospital Facilities
378. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with the families of those affected by the Cherry Orchard Hospital move; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11327/24]
- Hospital Services
379. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the scope and significance of the structural problems identified by HIQA within Cherry Orchard Hospital; and to outline timeline on when and how...
- Assisted Decision-Making
380. To ask the Minister for Health if residents were afforded the opportunity to avail of the Assisted Decision Making Act, which became law in April 2023; if not, the reason this did not...
- Hospital Appointments Status
386. To ask the Minister for Health when a child will be called for an appointment with a paediatrician (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11355/24]
- Nursing Homes
388. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a response to her appeal of the fair deal nursing home means assessment; the reason for the delay; and if he will...
- Cancer Services
389. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a BRAC2 gene test; the current waiting time for such tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Covid-19 Pandemic
390. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to provide specialist long-Covid services for children; the steps he is taking to ensure that children with long-Covid have access to appropriate...
- Hospital Overcrowding
399. To ask the Minister for Health what measures he is taking to address the overcrowding situation in the UHL hospital group. [11369/24]
- Health Services Staff
400. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the widespread concern in the communities of south Inishowen, County Donegal, regarding the HSE plan to relocate the public health nurse from...
- Health Service Executive
401. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a back payment for a person (details supplied); when they will receive their same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11382/24]
- General Practitioner Services
402. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people in Galway who are without a GP and are currently on a waiting list for one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11384/24]
- Nursing Homes
403. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 331 of 30 March 2023 assuring Dáil Éireann of the adequacy of independent pre-admission assessments of nursing...
- Dental Services
404. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on negotiations between the HSE and our dentists, in light of the fact that no new medical card patients are seen by a dentist as there is a...
- Health Services
405. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance will be given to organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11381/24]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
406. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline his plans to extend the special scheme of paid leave for healthcare workers suffering from long Covid; if he intends to extend or replace...
- Health Services
412. To ask the Minister for Health if he can provide full detail on the safety issues that currently make the establishment of a 24-hour accident and emergency unit in Ennis General Hospital...
- Health Services Staff
413. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of prompt payment interest and compensation paid by the HSE for the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will include a schedule of...
- Health Services
414. To ask the Minister for Health for a update on the cancelled surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11417/24]
- Departmental Funding
416. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that his Department has cut funding for the Understanding and Managing Adult ADHD Programme course and monthly support to attendees upon...
- Health Services
417. To ask the Minister for Health the payments that were made in healthcare under the client indemnity scheme; the number of those that were from cases in UHL, in tabular form; and if he will...
- Healthcare Policy
418. To ask the Minister for Health if a product approved under the MCAP as listed on S.I. No. 5 of 2023 can be prescribed to the holder of a valid Ministerial licence and if the licence holder...
- Departmental Data
419. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11439/24]
- Health Services
421. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 586 of 13 February 2024, if he is satisfied that there is no private surge capacity available to the UL Hospitals Group;...
- Departmental Data
422. To ask the Minister for Health the number of private beds, by unit, in tabular form, at University Hospital Limerick; if those private beds can be used by public patients as a surge capacity...
- General Practitioner Services
431. To ask the Minister for Health what measures are being taken to increase the number of GPs around the country, and Kilkenny in particular; and whether current GPs use waiting list systems.;...
- Medicinal Products
433. To ask the Minister for Health the reason naloxone, a lifesaving medication, is only available on prescription and if he has any plans to make it available over the counter to help save...
- Health Services
434. To ask the Minister for Health when speech and language therapy can be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11483/24]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Apprenticeship Programmes
436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a Leitrim based apprentice (details supplied) who trained under SOLAS are not recognising the time he spent working at an accredited...
- Further and Higher Education
437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his engagements with Irish institutes of higher education regarding their ongoing collaboration with counterparts in Israel; and if he has raised...
- EU Agreements
438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, given the request of the Taoiseach that the European Commission urgently review whether Israel is complying with its obligations to respect...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Control of Dogs
439. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the Local Authority Control of Dogs Statistics Report 2023 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
