Written answers
Thursday, 21 March 2024
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
4. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the training of at least four members of the Israeli Defence Forces by the Irish Military College since 2017 has, in his opinion, compromised...
- Ukraine War
19. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 59 of 23 January 2024, the total military aid given by the EU to Ukraine since February 2022; the details...
- Defence Forces
20. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the actions he is taking to optimise retention amongst Defence Forces members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13265/24]
- heading
24. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the decommissioning of the LÉ Eithne is scheduled to proceed. [13273/24]
- Defence Forces
25. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount allocated under Budget 2024 in relation to the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles; the amount expended in 2023, by quarter; and the...
- heading
26. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will review the pandemic recognition payment for Defence Forces personnel who worked in test centres to make sure all deserving individuals...
- Defence Forces
27. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has given further consideration to the use of aptitude tests as part of the recruitment process for the Defence Forces; the number who...
- Naval Service
29. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the optimum number and type of naval vessels for the Naval Service; when he expects the Naval Service to acquire a multi-role vessel...
- Defence Forces
30. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to protect the use of the term "Óglaigh na hÉireann"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13027/24]
- Civil Defence
33. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 29 of 23 March 2023, to outline if discussions have concluded in order to privilege paramedics and advanced...
- Defence Forces
34. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reasons for increasing the maximum recruitment age for Permanent Defence Force personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Military Aircraft
38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the optimum number and type of aircraft for the Air Corps; his plans to acquire new aircraft; the timelines for their delivery; and...
- Legislative Programme
41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the legislative programme. [3506/24]
- Air Corps
43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the capacity of the Air Corps to contribute to efforts providing humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza. [13154/24]
- Defence Forces
45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will instruct the Defence Forces to award the veterans of the Siege of Jadotville with medals to recognise their bravery; and if he will...
- Naval Service
49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the operational status of the Naval Service fleet, that is, its deployment readiness, staffing levels, the fitting out of recently acquired...
- Military Neutrality
51. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the timeframe in which he intends to bring forward proposals to remove the triple-lock neutrality protection; and if he will put these proposals...
- Defence Forces
53. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Ireland plans to recommit personnel to the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) mission. [13141/24]
- National Security
54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide an outline of Ireland's defence strategy concerning the protection of its undersea cables, airspace, and territorial waters and is it...
- Defence Forces
56. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when a decision will be taken on the location of the new Army HQ; if Athlone will be considered given its central location; and if he will make a...
- Military Aircraft
58. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the approximate expected delivery date of the new Airbus C295 military transport aircraft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13279/24]
- Middle East
59. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the current situation in South Lebanon; the current activities of the Defence Forces on the UNIFIL mission; and...
- Defence Forces
60. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for a report on the defence infrastructure improvements that have taken place in Kildare since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Air Corps
61. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the future plans for Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel; if the aerodrome has the capacity to maintain the two Airbus C295W’s, located at the...
- Defence Forces
62. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress made on the recommendation of the Commission on the Defence Forces to significantly strengthen the military intelligence and cyber...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Projects
74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport given the recent serious incidents, including a fatal collision, if there is a safety programme for the N80; if the removal of bends in...
- Public Transport
77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 61 of 1 February 2024, the status of the feasibility study for light rail in Galway, which is being...
- Bus Services
78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has concerns regarding the safety issues faced by disabled people in navigating floating bus islands; and if he will make a...
- Rail Network
80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when it is intended to agree and implement the All Island Strategic Rail Review; the reason for the delay in doing so; whether in the...
- Taxi Regulations
81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on current disability services, specifically in relation to access to wheelchair accessible taxis in County Louth and east...
- Road Safety
82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will fund and encourage the Road Safety Authority roll-out a campaign on social media in particular aimed at tackling the dangers...
- Rail Network
83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the extension of the daily evening train service from Dublin which terminates at Carlow in order that it can service both...
- Bus Services
84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure that adequate resources are provided to the NTA in order that bus services on the main radial routes into...
- Traffic Management
85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of engagement that the Department have had with local authorities regarding new rules which provide for zebra crossings without...
- Road Network
86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 23 of 15 October 2023, given that Louth County Council has indicated that if work was to be funded...
- Rail Network
87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the delivery of additional carriages for Dublin Sligo rail line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13267/24]
- Bus Services
88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to ensure revised fare structures are considered on Expressway services operating in the Cork region; and if he...
- Road Network
90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport views on the commitment in the Programme for Government to maintain the existing road network to a high standard and fund safety...
- Bus Services
91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to improve the reliability of Dublin Bus services in general and routes operated by a company (details supplied) in...
- Public Transport
93. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if transport policy is based on the principles of universal design; if he is considering legislation that mandates national mandatory...
- Ports Policy
94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what plans there are to support port improvement works to facilitate offshore renewables, nationally and in particular in Shannon Foynes;...
- Road Projects
95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider providing further support to the proposed upgrade of the N25 national road between Carrigtwohill and Midleton, County...
- Road Traffic Offences
96. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on progress on the implementation of red light cameras across the road traffic network; and if he will make a...
- Taxi Regulations
97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether it is appropriate that the new taxi regulator recently appointed has come directly from employment in a senior...
- Rail Network
98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the CMATS projects; the timeline for the delivery of the opening of the stations within this project; and if he will make a...
- Public Transport
99. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport given record passenger numbers on public transport, the progress that is being made on improving public transport uptake and reliability,...
- Road Projects
100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date position regarding progression of the N86 road improvement project in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Bus Services
101. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of issues with the bus service in Cork city; and whether he has engaged with the NTA or Bus Éireann in resolving...
- Road Projects
102. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the N22 Farranfore to Killarney road improvement project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13276/24]
- Bus Services
103. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will roll out a direct non-stop bus route between Ennis train and Bus station and Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement...
- Road Projects
104. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way he is prioritising road projects in north Mayo, particularly the new N58 and N26 (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Public Transport
105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Dart South West scheme can be expanded to include Sallins station, particularly given that very significant numbers of passengers,...
- Bus Services
106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport is he aware of problems associated with the roll-out of the BusConnects programme which has resulted in a disconnect between the service...
- Road Network
107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will be focusing his Department's attention on the infrastructural deficit with the maintenance of roads in Connemara; if he will...
- Rail Network
108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the delivery of the transport study for east Westmeath and its inclusion of the reopening of the Killucan railway...
- Public Transport
109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure in the course of the provision of the extension of the Luas to Confey, Leixlip, Maynooth and Kilcock that the...
- Electric Vehicles
110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the provision of mobility hubs nationally under the new Electric Vehicles Charging Infrastructure Strategy 2022 –...
- Bus Services
112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a review of the Carlow town bus was undertaken; and, if so, when the review will be published. [13095/24]
- Road Projects
113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will carry out works to improve the junction of the N72 at Brack Hill, County Kerry. [7162/24]
- Rail Network
114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the acquisition of battery and battery electric trains for Irish Rail; the likely delivery date for the first tranche of...
- Driver Licences
115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his plans to tackle the practice of learner drivers continuing to drive on learner licences for a number of years by...
- Airport Policy
116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the latest update on the Government’s response to the business plan received from Waterford Airport for the development...
- Road Network
117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport why there was a decreased allocation for the maintenance of roads across the country in the Budget. [11431/24]
- Road Projects
118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13284/24]
- Bus Services
121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the implementation of the BusConnects project. [13140/24]
- Public Transport
122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Dart West scheme can be expanded to include Kilcock station, particularly given that the depot for storing vehicles will be just...
- Road Network
124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will bring forward a rescue package for road network in County Clare that have fallen into significant disrepair following a harsh...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Middle East
125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to conduct a detailed assessment of whether genocide is being committed in the context of the war in Gaza; and if he will make a...
- Passport Services
126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made in relation to a passport application lodged by a person in County Galway (details supplied); the reason for...
- Foreign Policy
127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the State has never officially recognised the slaughter of Armenians in 1915 as a genocide; and whether he would officially...
- Northern Ireland
128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland the interim report of Operation Kenova with particular reference to the...
- Cross-Border Co-operation
129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures that will be implemented to grow even further and strengthen the all-Ireland economy following the very welcome growth in...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Official Engagements
130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he last met the CEO of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland. [13335/24]
- Official Travel
131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 3372 of 7 February 2024, when a response will issue; the number of times he...
- Energy Policy
132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if, in relation to the proposed Electricity Storage Framework Policy for Ireland, he will ensure that a proper...
- Telecommunications Services
134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the practice of automatic price increases from service providers for TV, broadband and phone services; his...
- Inland Fisheries
135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a fisheries matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13482/24]
- Just Transition
136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projects which have been funded to date from the Just Transition Fund in County Offaly; their scope and planned...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
138. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel, by rank, currently in the Defence Forces Medical Corps; and if he will provide the corresponding figures as of 1 April...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Public Transport
153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a progress update on the execution of the DART + Programme and in particular the Dart West and Dart South West...
- Road Projects
154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the northern ring road for Cork as mentioned in the National Development Plan. [5671/24]
- Bus Services
155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what engagement he or his Department have had with a company (details supplied) the cessation from 8 April 2024 of route 706/706x which...
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland
156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total value of funding that has been allocated to Laois for 2024 from Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII); and what percentage is...
- Greenways Provision
158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the investment in greenways in Tipperary under the NDP. [13347/24]
- Rail Network
159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital budget allocation for his Department for rail transport in the years of 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [13348/24]
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland
161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how Transport Infrastructure Ireland's current practice of negotiating with groups and organisations outside of An Bord Pleanála...
- Bus Services
162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a second operator (details supplied) pulling out of the Galway to Dublin route from April; if he is concerned at bus...
- Aviation Industry
163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount collected in fee in respect of overflight permits in the years 2019 to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13369/24]
- Road Projects
164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be allocated to a project (details supplied); the timeframe for the delivery of this project; and if he will make a...
- Road Safety
165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he funds the National Transport Authority’s installations of school zones as part of the Safer Routes to School Programme; the...
- Transport Policy
166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which he remains satisfied that the main transport routes to mainland Europe are adequately provided for in order to ensure...
- Traffic Management
167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which outstanding traffic bottlenecks will continue to receive remedial attention on local or regional routes in order to...
- Rail Network
168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which it is anticipated upgrades to rail services serving the commuter towns of north County Kildare will be carried out,...
- Public Transport
169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which rural transport continues to be improved nationwide with particular reference to the provision of new routes; and if...
- Road Network
170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which he expects to achieve sufficient improvement in the national arterial road network with particular reference to...
- Traffic Management
171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to combat the daily traffic congestion on the M50; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13457/24]
- Transport Policy
173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he has studied the weakest links in the transport system nationally; his plans to address same; and if he will make a...
- Road Network
174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which his Department continues to evaluate the transport system, road and rail, public and private to ensure the...
- Transport Costs
175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he continues to have discussions with his EU colleagues with a view to ensuring that transport costs here are...
- Bus Services
176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will urgently intervene to ensure the reintroduction of the 20/X20 route by Bus Éireann in view of the recent withdrawal of...
- Public Transport
177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number, location and capacity of local link transport services; and his plans to grow this service. [13533/24]
- Transport Policy
178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered the possibility of creating a digital platform for people living in isolated areas where public service transport is...
- Road Network
179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has reviewed the adequacy of the funding for regional and local roads in 2024; how it compares with last year; how need is...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
180. To ask the Minister for Finance if actively farmed farmland will be exempted from the residential zoned land tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13509/24]
- Fiscal Policy
181. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure the Irish Strategic Investment Fund divests itself of holdings in companies currently listed on the UN database of businesses operating...
- Official Travel
182. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 7 February 2024, when a response will issue; the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on...
- Financial Services
183. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures in place to protect customers from the actions of vulture funds, particularly homeowners whose mortgages are with such entities; his views on the...
- Tax Code
185. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that “community gain” allocations under the process for developing renewal energy projects, is subject to income tax; and if he...
- Tax Data
186. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer in 2024 of not proceeding with scheduled increases in excise duty on petrol and diesel on 1 April 2024, 1 August 2024 and...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Pensions
187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of people who now have a public service or State body pension; and his projection for this number for 2030 and for 2040....
- Office of Public Works
190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of OPW WTE staff, by job title, which are based in the Rock of Cashel; and if this number will be further increased during...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 182 to 184 of 17 October 2023, to provide further details on the non-core capital expenditure...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Employment Rights
193. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what supports are in place for employees who are owed wages and holiday pay from an employer who has closed down its business and is...
- Work Permits
194. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the proposals, if any, there are to improve the visa criteria for the farming and agri-food sector, in view of the shortage of...
- Enterprise Support Services
195. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when additional financial provision will be introduced to assist local authorities, particularly those councils with a small rates...
- Departmental Schemes
196. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 8 September 2022, the progress that has been made on the review of the eligibility for...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on incorporating electric vehicles and other low-emission vehicles into the school transport fleet in accordance with the...
- Schools Building Projects
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Topical Issue debate on 20 February 2024, when construction will commence on a new school building at a school in County Meath...
- School Enrolments
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given the shortage of school places for first years in Athenry, County Galway, what are her Departments plans to provide for additional places...
- School Accommodation
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if land reportedly donated by an organisation (details supplied) to a school has been formally transferred to the school; if planning permission...
- Special Educational Needs
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being made by her Department to ensure a place in a reading school is available to a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
- School Admissions
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which it is possible for a child (details supplied) to obtain a school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13421/24]
- Schools Building Projects
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when measures will be put in place to bring about the early completion of the new replacement school (details supplied); if steps will be taken...
- School Accommodation
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what progress has been made in the review of the tender report for additional accommodation at a school (details supplied); when will the review...
- School Transport
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 148 of 22 February 2024, if she will provide the information requested for 2005 to 2015 of net surplus cash...
- Special Educational Needs
210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an expression of interest to her Department by a school (details supplied) in establishing an ASD unit; if she will...
- Schools Building Projects
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects the letter of intent to be signed for the last phase of a school (details supplied); when the contractor will be on site; when...
- School Accommodation
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an additional accommodation scheme application lodged by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Irish Language
214. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for further clarification on the governance issues that were not resolved previously referenced in her Parliamentary Question...
- Official Engagements
215. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will withdraw from attending a festival (details supplied) and make a statement which represents and supports the views of...
- Social Media
216. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress to date in introducing measures to counteract misinformation, disinformation and abuse on social media platforms; if...
- Universal Basic Income
217. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number in receipt of the artists’ basic income scheme; if the workings of this scheme have been reviewed; the...
- Parking Provision
218. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way her Department or any agency under the aegis of her Department supports local authorities to develop overnight pull-in...
- Swimming Pools
219. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware of the damage suffered to a swimming pool (details supplied); if he is considering setting aside a special fund to...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Departmental Expenditure
220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the final outturn of expenditure for Vote 34 for 2023, with a breakdown by each sub heading and individual spending programme...
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the deliberations to date of the oversight group established by his Department in association with the...
- Planning Issues
222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to publish the letter it issued to Dublin City Council on 12 February 2024 in respect of Martin Savage Park, Dublin 7; and if...
- Electoral Commission
228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to state whether the statutory functions of the Electoral Commission include the power to review the contents of pole posters...
- Housing Schemes
229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will amend a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13472/24]
- Planning Issues
230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current position regarding possible extension of the temporary waiver in respect of development contributions; if he will...
- Parking Provision
231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way his Department or any agency under the aegis of his Department supports local authorities to develop overnight pull-in...
- Housing Schemes
232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress being made in each respective local authority with regard to the development of cost rental schemes; the number...
- Planning Issues
234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, with reference to the temporary time limited waiver announced by Government on 25 April 2023, he will list in tabular...
- Housing Policy
235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which the actions in Housing Options for Our Ageing Population have been achieved; the areas in which...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Payments
239. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will advise on the last review carried out by her Department with regard to lone parent allowance recipients; and if...
- Pension Provisions
244. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the target of income adequacy in old age; the contribution which she hopes that auto-enrolment will make to achieving that;...
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the role, if any, which MABS plays in advising on pension and financial planning for old age; and if she has considered...
- Social Welfare Code
246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has systems for identifying and supporting more vulnerable carers, such as older parents caring for ageing...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- EU Funding
247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 359 of 27 February 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda...
- Residency Permits
248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of revenue generated through the issuing of Irish residence permits in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024,...
- An Garda Síochána
249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 28 February 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda...
- Immigration Policy
251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many appeal applications to the regularisation scheme for undocumented people have been refused; and how many have not...
- An Garda Síochána
252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí, by rank attached to each community policing unit in each Garda district within DMR as of 14 March...
- Immigration Status
253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application (details supplied) will be completed, given it is over six months since the application was submitted; and...
- Legislative Measures
254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is proposed to introduce a standalone offence in relation to the spiking of drinks, in view of the serious repercussions...
- An Garda Síochána
255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations operational in Cavan/Monaghan at present; when Bawnboy Garda station will be reopened as announced...
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in an investigation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13494/24]
- Legislative Measures
257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the concerns of sporting clubs and other community groups which run small-scale lotteries and is generally...
- Crime Prevention
258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details of the recently announced Ballymun Implementation Board; which departments and agencies will have...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Animal Welfare
259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether a complaint (details supplied) was logged; and what action was taken. [13385/24]
- Live Exports
260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if cattle are still being exported to Israel from Ireland; if so, how this is appropriate, given that the people of Gaza are being...
- Forestry Sector
261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13539/24]
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Official Travel
262. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 441 of 7 February 2024, when a reply will issue to this Deputy; the number...
- Departmental Data
263. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to the Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 22 February 2024, to address the issue outlined (details...
- International Protection
264. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the full total spend by his Department to accommodate International Protection Applicants for...
- Child Protection
266. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many children are currently in special emergency arrangement accommodation; if a breakdown can be provided...
- Childcare Services
271. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of core funding provided in Budget 2022 which was used to uplift wages in the early years and school...
- Disability Services
272. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress to date in improving services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Childcare Services
274. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 276 of 29 February 2024, the reason there have been such lengthy delays in...
- Department of Health
- Food Safety
275. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the proposed role of local authorities in inspections by vets of small abattoirs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13432/24]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
276. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that there are currently very long delays in obtaining an appointment for a blood test at the Mater Hospital, with reports of nine weeks to be...
- Hospital Services
277. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to direct concerns and questions raised in correspondence (details supplied) in respect of Cherry Orchard Hospital; and if he will make a statement...
- Hospital Staff
278. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrars in emergency medicine at Tipperary University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this number will be...
- Hospital Facilities
279. To ask the Minister for Health the number of theatres in use at University Hospital Limerick to date in 2024; and the hours that each theatre is available for procedures, in tabular form....
- Hospital Staff
280. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric ENT surgeons at Cork University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13345/24]
- Health Services
281. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the lack of developmental screening for children in the Dublin 8, 10, 12 and 20 areas, and that parents are being sent questionnaires in...
- Disability Services
282. To ask the Minister for Health why the children's disability network team have re-categorised a complex need in children and children with autism are no longer categorised as having a...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
283. To ask the Minister for Health if he could advise as to avenues of funding available to a community group (details supplied) to replace and refurbish defibrillators in their area. [13360/24]
- Disability Services
284. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to 30 children awaiting interventions through the disability teams (details supplied); if his Department can provide funding to...
- Hospital Appointments Status
285. To ask the Minister for Health if an immediate date will be confirmed for scoliosis surgery for a person (details supplied); the number of people on the waiting list for this type of surgery...
- Hospital Staff
286. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that funding is provided to allow for the employment of the required neurologist for the Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise; if he will...
- Health Services Staff
287. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE chiropodists employed by the HSE working in CHO9 by location in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [13373/24]
- Primary Care Centres
288. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13375/24]
- General Practitioner Services
290. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to increase the number of GPs in County Kildare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13378/24]
- Health Services
291. To ask the Minister for Health if a review has been carried out into the impact of the cessation of child developmental checks under the national healthy childhood programme for children in...
- Health Services Staff
294. To ask the Minister for Health to list the number of public health nurses covering the Dublin 8, 10 and 12 areas; the catchment population they cover; the length of time there has been a...
- Home Help Service
296. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for elderly home support services in counties Louth and Meath, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13402/24]
- Mental Health Services
297. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of children on a waiting list for their first appointment to CAMHS in CHO8, by county; the breakdown under the various lengths of time that...
- Dental Services
300. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on negotiations in relation to the dental treatment service scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13407/24]
- General Practitioner Services
301. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs currently practicing in the counties Louth and Meath, respectively; the number of new GPs who have taken up work in each of those counties in...
- Health Services
303. To ask the Minister for Health the impact on current drug reimbursement waiting times that he expects to see as a result of the recruitment of 36 new staff within the decision-making...
- Hospital Staff
304. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the independent review of the radiation therapist profession, which was agreed between the HSE, his Department and an organisation (details...
- Vaccination Programme
305. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who have participated in the Laura Brennan HPV vaccination catch-up programme to date; the targets set for the programme; if he will...
- Health Promotion
306. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding to date which has been allocated to the National Skin Cancer Prevention Plan 2023 - 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Prescriptions Charges
307. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing prescription charges for all medical card holders. [13436/24]
- Health Services
308. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme to a €60 threshold per month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13437/24]
- Health Promotion
309. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of annual funding budgeted for the National Skin Cancer Prevention Plan 2023-2026 to conduct its annual activities; and if he will make a statement...
- Public Procurement Contracts
310. To ask the Minister for Health the minimum value for the supply of goods or services to the HSE that requires the HSE to seek tenders via a public procurement process; if he is satisfied...
- Health Services
311. To ask the Minister for Health the amounts paid to each of the private diagnostics providers under the GP access to the community diagnostics scheme in each of the years since its launch in...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
312. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to significant waiting lists for orthodontic treatment in the national maxillofacial unit in St. James's Hospital; if staffing...
- Hospital Services
313. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a dedicated outpatient neurology service is provided by a consultant neurologist at Letterkenny University Hospital to avoid the need...
- Hospital Appointments Status
314. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13508/24]
- Health Services Staff
315. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress update on the HSE recruitment freeze; when this recruitment freeze is likely to be lifted; if he will provide data, in tabular...
- Home Help Service
316. To ask the Minister for Health the number of man hours allocated to provide home help and homecare services; and the number of persons receiving those services in 2000, 2010, 2020 and...
- Health Services
319. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated proportion of consultations with GPs, with medical consultants, with nurse practitioners and with therapists which were conducted at their peak...
- Health Promotion
322. To ask the Minister for Health whether he has received reports on the evolution of the indicators in the Healthy Ireland Outcomes Framework instituted in 2018 to date; and whether the impact...
- Health Services
323. To ask the Minister for Health the scale of the social prescribing initiative undertaken by the HSE in terms of resources deployed, people reached and impact of the service; and if he will...
- Health Strategies
324. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the actions outlined in the Positive Ageing Strategy of 2013 were achieved; the areas where achievement fell short of expectations; and if...
- Care Services
325. To ask the Minister for Health if he has undertaken a manpower review of current and upcoming needs for care assistants who could support nursing home care or homecare; the predicted needs...
- Legislative Measures
326. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered amending health insurance legislation to encourage more insurers into the support of preventative health measures and improved management...
- Vaccination Programme
327. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 29 February 2024, in relation to the vaccine damage scheme, if he will give an assurance that the two-year statute...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Apprenticeship Programmes
328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the work of his Department on the provisions of the National Minimum Wage (Inclusion of Apprentices) Bill 2023 and based...
- Further and Higher Education
329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if option 1 (details supplied) was used for calculating the amount due for those in receipt of the award of no maintenance 50% SUSI contribution;...
- International Students
330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the restriction for international students becoming a sabbatical officer in a Union or as a society's auditor students due to...
- Education and Training Boards
331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills can he provide in tabular form the full list of ETBs broken down by county, and an email address for each; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Further and Higher Education
332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals, if any, there are to increase capacity and availability of courses in digital forensics, in view of the threats to society posed...
- Cross-Border Co-operation
334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in intensifying co-operation on a cross-Border and all-Ireland basis in further education; and if he will make a statement...
- Further and Higher Education
335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional places proposed to be in place for the next academic year in medicine, nursing and other healthcare professions; and if he will...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Men's Sheds
336. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will introduce an annual men’s shed sustainability grant system to help with their running costs, for items such as...
- Rural Schemes
337. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital projects that have been undertaken by her Department in Tipperary since January 2022; and the funding allocated each year,...
- Harbours and Piers
341. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the money will be granted for phase 2 of the project to complete the works at the Pier at Ailt á Chorráin, County...
- Parking Provision
342. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way her Department or any agency under the aegis of her Department supports local authorities to develop overnight pull-in parking...
- Flexible Work Practices
343. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of connected hubs in each county which are now established; if she would consider giving these hubs an explicit mandate to...
- Departmental Policies
344. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role that her Department plays in promoting social innovation in communities to respond to environmental and demographic...
