Written answers

Tuesday, 21 May 2024

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cabinet Committees
      25. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and public services will meet next. [20238/24]
    • Climate Action Plan
      34. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the Final Climate Action Plan 2023 Progress Report, published by his Department in March 2024. [20307/24]
    • Middle East
      40. To ask the Taoiseach to report on any recent discussions he has had with other world leaders in connection with the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. [20564/24]
    • Departmental Priorities
      45. To ask the Taoiseach the degree to which he continues to explore opportunities under the shared island heading. [20565/24]
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      72. To ask the Minister for Finance if, given the urgency of boosting housing supply, he is considering further changes to the residential zoned land tax to accelerate activation of residential...
    • Tax Reliefs
      73. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of help-to-buy claims approved in Carlow since 1 July 2020, along with the number of applicants associated with these claims; and if he will make a...
    • Consumer Protection
      74. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the provision in insurance law with respect to consent to settle, whereby policyholders must provide consent where an insurer wishes to make a...
    • Tax Rebates
      75. To ask the Minister for Finance if any changes have been made in relation to the VAT refund order for farmers in place since 1972; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22685/24]
    • Tax Code
      76. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is planning further taxation measures to address property speculation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22767/24]
    • Tax Credits
      77. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of rent tax credit claims made in Cork for each of the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • EU Agreements
      78. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on negotiations at a European level regarding the Capital Markets Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22781/24]
    • Banking Sector
      79. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of difficulties persons are having in securing bridging finance products from the banking sector to secure a new home for downsizing while they...
    • Tax Code
      80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his Department undertook a review of the 10% stamp duty with respect to the bulk purchase of residential property; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      81. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons currently on the waiting list for the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; the timeframe for this waiting list to be cleared; what...
    • Departmental Strategies
      83. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on his Department's strategy regarding financial scams and fraud; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22791/24]
    • Business Supports
      84. To ask the Minister for Finance for a sectoral breakdown of the number of businesses with warehoused debt that did not engage with the Revenue Commissioners before the 3 May deadline in terms...
    • Legislative Measures
      85. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will legislate to ensure access to cash; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22617/24]
    • Illicit Trade
      86. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing fines for tobacco smuggling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22750/24]
    • Tax Reliefs
      87. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the help-to-buy scheme; if he has any plans to change the loan-to-value ratio under the scheme; if the upper price limit will be revised; and...
    • Tax Credits
      88. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of eligible claims currently being made for the rent tax credit in each of counties Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon, Mayo and...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      89. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for supporting the unscripted media sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22746/24]
    • Tax Code
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider support measures to support the hospitality sector, including VAT reductions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22751/24]
    • Consumer Protection
      93. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on consideration of changes to legislation to address the inability of consumers to make complaints to the Financial Services and Pensions...
    • EU Regulations
      95. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will indicate the plans for Ireland to adopt the European taxonomy in investment. [22784/24]
    • Tax Yield
      96. To ask the Minister for Finance for a report on income tax receipts in the first four months of 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22569/24]
    • Tax Data
      98. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of non-domiciled individuals taxed on a remittance basis; the number of individuals who have self-assessed with Revenue as non-domiciled in each of...
    • Banking Sector
      99. To ask the Minister for Finance to review the recovery of funds invested in the rescue of the pillar banks during the financial crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22783/24]
    • Tax Rebates
      100. To ask the Minister for Finance his response to concerns from farmers who were refused refunds on VAT items that previously qualified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22701/24]
    • Tax Code
      101. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax changes he is considering to make it more attractive for people to invest their savings, rather than having money sit in bank accounts; and if he will...
    • Inflation Rate
      102. To ask the Minister for Finance if he expects that with inflation now moderating, the pressures many consumers have faced will likely ease across the year; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Code
      103. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for a substantial income tax package in budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22682/24]
    • Tax Credits
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance the value and number of successful claims under the research and development tax credit made by SMEs and non-SMEs, respectively, in each of the years 2021,...
    • EU Directives
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance his response to the European Commission's opening of an infringement procedure against Ireland and issuance of a formal letter of notice regarding incorrect...
    • Tax Code
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering in budget 2025 introducing a wealth tax on the top 5% of wealthiest households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22764/24]
    • National Treasury Management Agency
      111. To ask the Minister for Finance the work being undertaken by ISIF to support the State's climate action targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22745/24]
    • Tax Credits
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of rent tax credit claims made in Carlow for each of the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Reports
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the stability programme update 2024 he published in April; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22681/24]
    • Departmental Reviews
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance when the review of the standard fund threshold will be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22749/24]
    • Inflation Rate
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance his expectations for living standards for households in the remainder of 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22567/24]
    • Departmental Meetings
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance to report on the recent visit of the Minister of State with responsibility for financial services, credit unions and insurance to Frankfurt; and if he will...
    • Tax Reliefs
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 42 of 10 April 2024, his plans for the phasing out of the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will expedite passport applications (details supplied) [22406/24]
    • Middle East
      124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of, and supports, Ireland's signature of a statement (details supplied); if the position outlined in same is reflective of...
    • Passport Services
      126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22582/24]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made on an application for a foreign birth registration (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the catastrophic flooding, due to never-seen-before levels of rain, that has been devastating the south Brazilian state of...
    • Passport Services
      129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application (details supplied) can be expedited. [22649/24]
    • Consular Services
      131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if urgent assistance will be provided to a person (details supplied); if he will ensure their safe return to Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Policies
      132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the findings of the 2024 UNFPA State of World Population Report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Human Rights
      134. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the importance of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in the context of the Summit of the Future; how Ireland will...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it is possible to get an update for the following foreign birth application (details supplied). [22778/24]
    • Foreign Policy
      137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has drawn up assessments of the potential impact on Ireland of the withdrawal of the United States from international...
    • White Papers
      138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when his Department last published a White Paper on foreign policy; if he plans an update; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Passport Services
      139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22857/24]
    • European Council
      141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the current situation in Georgia was discussed at the most recent EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. [22899/24]
    • Departmental Meetings
      142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with the First Minister of Wales since his appointment. [22900/24]
    • Middle East
      145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will comment on the statement of Ireland in the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Israeli Practice and Policies in...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Building Energy Rating
      146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide the number of BER assessors assigned to each county, by year, from 2019 to date, in tabular form. [22433/24]
    • Fisheries Protection
      149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and his officials in the inland fisheries division fully support the ongoing legislative conservation of invasive...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a person will be facilitated (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22491/24]
    • Departmental Bodies
      152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to detail which companies are contracted to carry out works by the SEAI for each of its grant schemes; the work being...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on proposals under the consultation on private wires to extend compulsory purchase order powers to...
    • Departmental Bodies
      156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has intentions to reform the legal mandate of the CRU in order that it aligns with the Climate Action and Low...
    • Electricity Supply Board
      159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has intentions to reform the legal mandate of ESB Networks in order that it aligns with the Climate Action and...
    • Marine Protected Areas
      160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a timeline for when the South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan will be finalised and adopted; and if he...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has intentions to implement an enhanced emissions reporting framework and price incentivisation for large energy...
    • Grant Payments
      162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the SEAI application of a person (details supplied); if he will address the points raised; and if he...
    • International Agreements
      163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to detail the legal provisions in place to ensure the State is in compliance with Article 3(8) of the Aarhus Convention...
    • Recycling Policy
      164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of take-back exemptions, by category type, that have been granted in the context of the deposit return...
    • Just Transition
      165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how much of the just transition fund under the 2021-27 allocation has been drawn down to date. [22838/24]
    • Recycling Policy
      167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a response will issue to questions and concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) on the deposit return...
    • Departmental Budgets
      168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the 2023 and 2024 budget allocation for his Department's anti-litter and anti-graffiti awareness grant scheme; and the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason An Rinn in County Waterford is not included in the national broadband plan; the steps that can be taken by...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the quantity of renewable wind energy generated between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. annually; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Defence
    • Military Aircraft
      172. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Casement Aerodrome has the necessary capability to secure-park a Hercules C-17 military aircraft; and, if not, the funding required in order...
    • Naval Service
      173. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence If Haulbowline Naval Base has the capability to dock a military naval ship of 609 m in length; and, if not, the funding required in order to be...
    • Defence Forces
      174. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the breakdown of personnel, by rank, for the Naval Service and Air Corps in the years 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [22895/24]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Cycling Policy
      175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on progress to require each local authority to appoint a cycling officer. [22850/24]
    • Rail Accidents
      176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the frequency with which Iarnród Éireann carries out a mass evacuation training plan among its staff from trains and stations...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a breakdown of the amount of his Department's pre-committed capital expenditure under the national development plan that will be...
    • Bus Services
      178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made by the National Transport Authority on rolling out a promised nationwide automatic vehicle location system for all bus...
    • Rail Network
      181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on his efforts to resolve the access problems at Clongriffin DART station whereby the access stairs and lift...
    • Transport Policy
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the latest design thinking on mobility hubs; if a series of pilots could be quickly deployed ahead of the wider...
    • Bus Services
      183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide automatic vehicle location information signage at all bus stops in Galway city, including those served by Bus Éireann and...
    • Airport Policy
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how often and who provides disability awareness and access training to staff of the Irish Aviation Authority, the Dublin Airport...
    • Departmental Bodies
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what the terms of reference are for the Irish Aviation Authority's passenger advisory group; to give the membership and a listing of how...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details of the Government’s response to a judgment in respect of the CIÉ 1951 pension scheme (details supplied);...
    • Bus Services
      189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if improvements can be made to make a bus stop more user-friendly (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Projects
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided by his Department on a local authority basis in 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024 in respect of national...
    • Insurance Coverage
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if e-scooters and other powered personal transporters are covered by public liability insurance in the same way bicycles are; and if he...
    • Driver Test
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on driving test cancellation lists and whether they have been discontinued or not; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Reports
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a timeline for release of the Killucan-Rathwire and Kinnegad area transport environs study; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Traffic Management
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to deal with the road traffic issues on the N25, Waterford to Glenmore Road, relating to the volume and speed of traffic and...
    • Rail Network
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Iarnród Éireann plans to increase the number of carriages on the 8.35 a.m. DART between Bray and Dublin Connolly. [22891/24]
    • Legislative Process
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when each remaining section of the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 will be signed into law. [22892/24]
    • Bus Services
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the deterioration in the frequency of the 41C bus route over the past three years and of the persistent failure of...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will seek an increase for CIÉ retired pensioners who have had no pension increase since 2008; if he will engage to seek an...
  • Department of Finance
    • Departmental Meetings
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance when he last spoke formally to the CEO of the European Investment Bank. [22374/24]
    • Tax Exemptions
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he would consider implementing plans to remove VAT on factor 50 sun cream in order to encourage people to use it, in the context of the growth in skin...
    • Tax Credits
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for the mortgage interest tax credit that were rejected on the grounds that an applicant does not have a sufficient income tax...
    • Tax Exemptions
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance if stamp duty exemptions can be granted to those who start farming at 35 years of age, if working full time; if conditions (details supplied) will suffice for...
    • EU Directives
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of his engagement at EU level with regard to revising the EU energy tax directive to require the aviation industry to pay excise duty and carbon...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who appealed to the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal since it was re-established and were successful in overturning the...
    • Tax Data
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 14 April 2024, how many companies had failed to engage with the Revenue Commissioners as of 15 May 2024 under the...
    • Tax Yield
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance the total tax revenue as a share of GNI* since 2016; total projected tax revenue as a share of GNI* out to 2027, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Fiscal Data
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance the total net debt and general Government debt each year since 2006, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22735/24]
    • Financial Services
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the legal requirements financial institutions have to follow in terms of direct debit payments; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Minimum Wage
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has estimated the increased revenue through income tax, USC and PRSI receipts as a result of planned increases in the minimum wage towards a...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the criteria that must be met in order allow expenditure from the proposed infrastructure, climate and nature fund; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Reliefs
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the help-to-buy scheme does not apply to first-time purchasers when buying a second-hand property; if this can be reviewed; if he will consider...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the Disabled Drivers Medical Board appeals board to clear the backlog of appellants; the average waiting time for current appellants; and if...
    • Tax Data
      230. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an estimate of the Exchequer contribution made by the pharmaceutical industry in Ireland, including corporation, payroll taxes and other relevant...
    • Economic Growth
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that economic progress continues in line with expectations and best practice; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to be reassured that taxation changes in respect of corporation profits tax are not structured in a way to undermine this...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains convinced that Ireland continues to be an attractive foreign direct investment location; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Reliefs
      235. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of the different types of tax reliefs available to both PAYE employees and self-employed persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Financial Services
      236. To ask the Minister for Finance if investment funds operating or intending to operate here will be brought under the aegis of the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      239. To ask the Minister for Finance if he remains satisfied that the taxation system in Ireland is sufficiently broadly based to avoid dependency on any one sector to such an extent that it...
    • Enterprise Policy
      240. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which working capital continues to be made available to the farming and business sectors, with particular reference to smaller enterprises; and...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Data Centres
      241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount the OPW has spent to date on the construction of a new public sector data centre; and when this centre will open. [22379/24]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      242. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the options available for a person or business that wishes to apply for an e-tender but does not meet the minimum €200,000...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is an indicative list of existing and potential projects that are being considered under the climate and nature fund; and if he...
    • State Properties
      244. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are plans to sell the former Dalkey Garda station site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22648/24]
    • Public Sector Pay
      245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the provisions and steps that have been made and taken by the Government to unwind the FEMPI measures; the categories of people, whether...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      254. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update from the OPW on the progress made on the provision of a planned new Garda Station in Laytown, County Meath; if he...
    • State Properties
      255. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the OPW-led assessment of a building (details supplied); if this project can be expedited to bring these...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • EU Regulations
      256. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if own-resource income generated by IDA Ireland, and spent by IDA Ireland, is excluded from EU state aid rules. [22919/24]
    • Flexible Work Practices
      258. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will request the Workplace Relations Commission to update its website as a matter of urgency to allow workers to lodge a...
    • Work Permits
      259. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permit renewal applications received in each of the past six months; the number of renewal applications completed;...
    • Business Supports
      260. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a late increased cost-of-living business grant application will be taken from a business in County Kerry (details supplied); and...
    • Departmental Data
      262. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of Irish SMEs using cloud, big data and AI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22721/24]
    • Business Regulation
      263. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware that directors of a company (details supplied) have 37 directorships; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Employment Rights
      264. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the delays in bringing forward the employment regulation order for security officers in 2024; if he is aware...
    • Business Supports
      268. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if additional measures will be implemented to assist small-scale manufacturing, small-scale hospitality and small-scale retail to...
    • EU Regulations
      270. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if own-resource income generated and spent by Enterprise Ireland is excluded from EU state aid rules. [22918/24]
    • State Bodies
      271. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the own-resource income generated by Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland in 2023; the amount each was sanctioned to retain; and the...
    • National Standards Authority of Ireland
      272. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on a matter (details supplied); if he is satisfied the agency referenced is sufficiently staffed and has sufficient senior...
    • Legislative Process
      273. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current status of the companies (corporate governance, enforcement and regulatory provisions) Bill; and when the Bill will move...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Accommodation
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance being offered to a school (details supplied); when will this school be provided with an update and funding for these...
    • Schools Building Projects
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22342/24]
    • School Accommodation
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has received an application from a school in County Sligo (details supplied) for the provision of an extension to facilitate...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-primary teachers qualified per subject in each of the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [22377/24]
    • Education Welfare Service
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of WTE educational welfare officers based in County Wicklow in each of the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form....
    • School Curriculum
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the proposal to include the P-Tech learning pathways programme for inclusion in the curriculum; and if there is a timeline to report...
    • School Staff
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a payment. [22392/24]
    • School Accommodation
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the accommodation needs of the pupils and staff at a school (details supplied) will be reviewed; if she will meet with the school officials to...
    • School Textbooks
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the reasons the Department of Education has reduced the cost of the schoolbook scheme from €96 to €80 per pupil; if this...
    • State Examinations
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of alternative leaving certificate courses recommended for students with ASD and learning disabilities that do not include the...
    • School Staff
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider sanctioning the additional AP1 and AP2 positions for a school (details supplied) from September 2024 rather than September...
    • School Funding
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if correspondence from the management and principal of a school (details supplied) will be reviewed; if she will address the points raised; how...
    • School Staff
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that breastfeeding breaks for teachers are supported by extra resources to avoid knock-on effects of workload for other staff...
    • School Enrolments
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of people (details supplied), broken down by county, who were in primary, secondary or third level education between 1 February and 1...
    • Schools Building Projects
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next round of tenders for large-scale capital projects for her Department are expected. [22497/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an assistive device laptop will be provided for a child in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of a new school build in County Dublin (details supplied); the estimated completion date; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration is being given to the continued provision of the extra SNA allocated to a school in County Dublin (details supplied); and if she...
    • School Textbooks
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will explain the reasoning behind the reduction of the money allocated for the schoolbook scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there has been a reduction of special needs assistant hours from 95 to 90 in a school (details supplied); whether she understands that...
    • Schools Building Projects
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has made a decision on reopening the school summer works programme this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22581/24]
    • School Funding
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that some schools are receiving insufficient funding from her Department and the adverse effects this is having on staff,...
    • Special Educational Needs
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special educational needs organisers who cover Dublin Mid-West; if all areas in Dublin Mid-West have access to a SENO; the number...
    • School Staff
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider the request for additional leadership and management support staff to be allocated for the 2024-25 school year for a school in County...
    • School Accommodation
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on an application for additional accommodation made by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary to provide adequate...
    • School Admissions
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene and request that a pupil (details supplied) is accepted for enrolment in September 2024. [22661/24]
    • School Funding
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the reduction of primary school funding from €96 to €80 per pupil (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Enrolments
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how a school in Cork (details supplied) is being assessed in terms of growth and viability. [22673/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next round of tender offers will be issued for school building projects in the Dublin Mid-West area; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a cut was made to staffing in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22739/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update regarding the proposed extension to a school (details supplied), for which funding was agreed and put in place; and if she will...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procurement process undertaken to appoint an organisation (details supplied) to provide independent advocacy services to assist individual...
    • School Equipment
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for assistive technology (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22855/24]
    • Education Schemes
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the Inspire programme as an education support programme for vulnerable students (details supplied); if there are plans to...
    • School Patronage
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the building for a school (details supplied). [22868/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new primary and secondary school in Rush, County Dublin, given the population increase in the area, with a lack...
    • School Accommodation
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a primary school’s ASA project (details supplied), which is currently at stage 1 under review, given the serious health...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the DEIS status of a school (details supplied) in Galway; the funding that has been awarded to support this status; and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on funding for a new school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22935/24]
    • Education Schemes
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools in Drogheda, County Louth, will be included in the comprehensive system of student support called the City Connects pilot project,...
    • School Funding
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review correspondence from the management and principal of a school (details supplied); if she will address the points raised; how...
    • Special Educational Needs
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on what steps are being taken to address the urgent concerns raised by the staff of a school (details supplied); if she can...
    • School Admissions
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all efforts can be made to ensure a local school place can be facilitated in the case of the children of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • School Staff
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on improving pay, terms and conditions for school caretakers, following arrangements for secretaries; and if she will make a...
    • School Curriculum
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the members of three subject development groups (details supplied) were not made aware of a number of submissions made to the NCCA; if...
    • School Accommodation
      330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the current situation with respect to providing proper accommodation for the students at a school (details supplied); and if she will...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      331. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will seek details on any strategic plans to increase tennis participation in Kildare. [22376/24]
    • Tourism Industry
      332. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if traditional bed and breakfasts operating since the 1980s will be affected by the registration of short-term tourist letting...
    • Sports Funding
      333. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on a sports capital grant for (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22429/24]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing Schemes
      336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of units delivered under the buy and renew scheme in each year since 2016; the total cost in each year; and if he...
    • Housing Policy
      337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports available for persons in the following situation (details supplied). [22380/24]
    • Local Authorities
      338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planners currently employed in each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • State Bodies
      339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planners currently employed in An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22387/24]
    • Planning Issues
      340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the proposal to amend planning regulations to allow homeowners to install small bike sheds in front of...
    • Defective Building Materials
      341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homeowners transferring from the old scheme to the new scheme under the defective blocks legislation who are due...
    • Departmental Data
      342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses that have been purchased in each local authority where tenants had received a notice to quit in each...
    • Housing Provision
      344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the core targets for each local authority in terms of house building; and the number that have been built in each local...
    • Vacant Sites
      346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the latest data on the amounts levied, collected, owed and cumulatively owed, and the number of sites on each register, for...
    • Derelict Sites
      347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the latest data on the amounts levied, collected, owed and cumulatively owed, and the number of sites on each register, for...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders
      348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide all data available on the CPO activation programme launched in April 2023. [22531/24]
    • Housing Provision
      349. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the number of social homes acquired through long-term leasing in Cork; to provide detail on the length and cost of...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is acceptable for an approved housing body (details supplied) to ask one of its tenants to cover the cost of an attic...
    • Housing Policy
      352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm if the universal cost ceilings for housing have been updated since they were issued by his Department in 2002; and...
    • Local Authorities
      354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will examine an anomaly within local authorities in the recruitment of engineer grades (details supplied); if there will...
    • Legislative Process
      355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the marine protected areas Bill 2022; the timeline for publication of the Bill, which was promised by quarter 1...
    • Planning Issues
      356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of purpose-built childcare facilities that have been built each year since the introduction of the Guidelines for...
    • Departmental Circulars
      357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will issue a circular to local authorities providing guidance on the issue of social housing tenants in Part V units and...
    • Departmental Websites
      358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to develop a website that offers the same benefits as a website (details supplied) for persons to report issues in...
    • Defective Building Materials
      359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if foundations will be included in the IS 465 review with respect to the defective concrete blocks scheme. [22818/24]
    • Emergency Accommodation
      360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, in relation to the Housing Agency’s Housing First policy, acknowledging that hostel accommodation is unsuitable for...
    • Housing Policy
      361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if individual local authorities have any discretion in terms of social housing tenants being able to transfer into a property,...
    • Planning Issues
      362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is responsible for introducing renewable acceleration areas into planning law; if so, when this will be...
    • Regeneration Projects
      364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated timeframe for when the next round of urban regeneration and development funding is to be announced; and if he...
    • Housing Policy
      365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 14 May 2024, the reason HAP tenants who avail of inter-authority movement can...
    • Housing Schemes
      366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, in any updates to the affordable housing scheme, he would consider increasing the threshold for single-parent families...
    • Housing Provision
      367. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a new housing development at the Gallows Lane in Lifford, County Donegal, is to be used as social housing; if not, if there...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      368. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Meals Programme
      370. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a list of schools participating in the hot school meals programme in Dublin 15 and Dublin 7, and any schools in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the diet supplement was discontinued; if she will detail the supports that currently exist to help people who have...
    • School Meals Programme
      372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware of the challenges faced by many community pre-schools (details supplied) due to the fact that the school...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for carer’s allowance submitted on 16 October (details supplied); the...
    • Departmental Circulars
      375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the circular providing guidance to social welfare offices on the new rules regarding disregarding maintenance payments...
    • School Meals Programme
      376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she would consider establishing a review of the possibility of including more fresh fruit and vegetables in the school...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      377. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for a decision on their domiciliary care allowance application; and...
    • State Pensions
      378. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for a contributory state pension and if their contribution record can be provided....
    • Social Welfare Rates
      379. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing each weekly social welfare payment to meet the minimum essential standard of living for 2024 as...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the appeal for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22439/24]
    • Departmental Websites
      382. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine a matter (details supplied). [22492/24]
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people (details supplied) whose PPS number was active, by county that is, in receipt of benefits or paying...
    • International Protection
      384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the payments made to an applicant seeking international protection; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that are being taken to assist self-employed persons in obtaining sick leave based on their contribution record in...
    • State Pensions
      386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she remains committed to meet the formal benchmark target of 34% of average earnings for State pension contributory...
    • Departmental Funding
      388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the breakdown of the funding allocation made available under the free travel scheme to all private transport operators. [22570/24]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a travel allowance for international protection applicants to attend medical appointments remote from their accommodation...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated yearly cost of increasing the rate of jobseeker's allowance for all young people aged under 25 in line with the...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      391. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age who are in receipt of the full rate of jobseekers' allowance of €232...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      394. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22588/24]
    • School Meals Programme
      395. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an issue with a school (details supplied) in County Kerry has still not been resolved. [22718/24]
    • State Pensions
      396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an applicant (details supplied) will be approved for the maximum State pension (contributory). [22760/24]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current number of recipients for each social welfare scheme. [22796/24]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline, with regard to the jobseeker’s benefit pay related scheme, noting the revised estimates, what the...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the qualified child increase by €1 for children under the age of 12 years...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      403. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of introducing a child benefit double payment. [22802/24]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of the JobPath scheme for the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. [22803/24]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of including the working family payment as a qualifying payment for fuel allowance. [22804/24]
    • Social Welfare Rates
      406. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the annual carer’s support grant by €1. [22805/24]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending carer’s benefit to the self-employed; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Code
      408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether a person in receipt of disability allowance, who receives a bequest, can have a trust established, which would be...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all documentation (details supplied) was reviewed in the context of an application for carer’s benefit; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be provided with a payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22866/24]
    • School Meals Programme
      411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of DEIS band 1 schools refused funding for a breakfast club for the school years 2023-24 and 2024-25,...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of social welfare recipients, by social welfare type in 2023; and the projected number of social welfare...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the maximum weekly rates of social welfare payments, by social welfare type, in 2023 and to date in 2024; and the average...
    • Community Welfare Services
      414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of WTE community welfare officers based in counties Cavan and Monaghan in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      415. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address several queries concerning the financial aspects of the community employment scheme (details supplied);...
    • State Pensions
      416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a foster carer of more than 20 years, but with less than 520 contributions, can access the new long-term carer's pension...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Departmental Data
      417. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of mobile phones reported stolen to Gardaí within DMR Region to-date in 2024; and the number and percentage of...
    • Private Security Authority
      418. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has met formally with the CEO of the Private Security Authority to date in 2024. [22367/24]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      419. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a breakdown of the amount of her Department's pre-committed capital expenditure under the National Development Plan...
    • An Garda Síochána
      420. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the ages currently of each of the Garda prisoner transport carriers currently in the Garda fleet. [22369/24]
    • International Protection
      421. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 348 of 7 February 2024, the number of applicants for international protection who have...
    • An Garda Síochána
      422. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new recruits to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2018 to 2023 and to date in 2024; the number of...
    • Peace Commissioners
      423. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of peace commissioners registered on the most recent roll maintained by her Department. [22457/24]
    • Ombudsman for Children
      424. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on additional funding sources to enable the office of the Ombudsman for Children to contribute to the...
    • Asylum Applications
      425. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that applied for asylum in each of the past ten years who gained entry to the country by way of a holiday...
    • State Pathology Service
      428. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a State pathologist will be appointed to Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22493/24]
    • Youth Services
      429. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of funding provided to Garda youth diversion projects across Dublin areas in each of the past five years and to...
    • Immigration Policy
      431. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current family accompaniment waiting times, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22522/24]
    • Visa Applications
      432. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for a visa in the case of the daughter of a person (details...
    • International Protection
      433. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether an assessment has been carried out by his Department to determine whether the International Protection Office on Mount...
    • Immigration Status
      435. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for a person who was refused permission by her Department to lodge an appeal or seek a review on this matter;...
    • International Protection
      436. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has any figures or estimates on the number of Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection and applicants for...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      437. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question number 219 of 30 April 2024, the number of disqualified drivers who were prosecuted for...
    • An Garda Síochána
      438. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 530 of 30 April 2024, the number of Gardaí on sick leave who are included in the...
    • International Protection
      439. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number in the international protection system awaiting either a decision on their international protection application or...
    • Deportation Orders
      440. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details of the number of deportation orders that have been issued in each year since 2020, and in each month of...
    • Departmental Data
      441. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the register of relevant organisations under the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012-2016 is...
    • Legal Aid
      442. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration is being given to reassessing the application process for legal aid from the Legal Aid Board in order that...
    • Legislative Measures
      443. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update in relation to legislation due in relation to the theft of a companion pet; and if she will make...
    • Citizenship Applications
      444. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Visa Applications
      445. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if visa applications in respect of the family of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed as a matter of urgency; and if...
    • Citizenship Applications
      446. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application (details supplied) will be processed; the reasons for the delay; if she will expedite the application; and...
    • Private Security Authority
      447. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of inspections in 2023 and to date in 2024 by the Private Security Authority of accommodations contracted to the...
    • Residency Permits
      448. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the length of the waiting list in Limerick, Dublin, Cork and Galway for appointments to apply for Irish residency permits; and...
    • An Garda Síochána
      449. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 506 of 30 April 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda...
    • Departmental Data
      450. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons arrested and charged with begging in a public place within the DMR in the years of 2023 and to date in...
    • Departmental Meetings
      451. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has spoken formally with the executive director of Europol to date in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      452. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 862 of 9 April 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda...
    • Departmental Staff
      453. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacant WTE staff by grade currently within the border management unit of her Department as of 13 May 2024; and if...
    • An Garda Síochána
      454. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to each divisional drugs unit as of 14 May 2024 in tabular form; and if she will...
    • Family Reunification
      460. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in processing an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • An Garda Síochána
      461. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda districts within the DMR that received additional Garda vehicles to date in 2024, in tabular form. [22893/24]
    • Immigration Status
      464. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will be provided with a determination and or update in respect of a renewal application. [22915/24]
    • Citizenship Applications
      465. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware that some individuals are experiencing undue delays in the processing of their applications for Irish...
    • Residency Permits
      466. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of work on the single permit to both work and live in Ireland; the timeline for the implementation of the single...
    • An Garda Síochána
      467. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí, by rank, attached to the roads policing unit within Cavan-Monaghan division as of 30 April 2024; and...
    • Legislative Process
      468. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill; and when the Bill will move to the next stage. [22951/24]
    • An Garda Síochána
      469. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an e-vetting request will be sent to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22964/24]
    • Data Protection
      470. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the requirements relating to the retention of information submitted by child safeguarding officers of organisations such as...
    • Legislative Process
      471. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when section 20 of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 as amended by Section 23 of the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Industry
      472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown, per county of the number of people employed by the timber sector; if, in the face of persistent challenges,...
    • State Bodies
      473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the CEO of Horse Sport Ireland is accountable to his Department. [22375/24]
    • Greyhound Industry
      474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown by year of birth for the 2,568 non-coursing greyhounds exported in 2021; the 5,312 non-coursing...
    • Forestry Sector
      477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a scheme or grant can be offered to assist a person (details supplied) to replant forestry that was burnt in the past; and if he...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with nitrates banding and the reduction from 250kg to 220kg p/h, to ensure that farmers are provided monthly figures on their organic...
    • Fisheries Protection
      479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a compromise will be made for cray fishing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22554/24]
    • Dairy Sector
      480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Department will resume and reinstate the quarterly publications of the milk testing results carried out by the processors; and...
    • Domestic Pets
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of engagement his Department has had with efforts to relocate pets; if his Department has assisted international protection...
    • Research Funding
      483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 29 of 9 March 2023, whether research into precision fermentation specifically forms part of any...
    • Greyhound Industry
      484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the 1 January to 31 December 2023 attendance figures for Clonmel, Dundalk, Enniscorthy, Kilkenny, Lifford and...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is the case that when his Department makes an offer to a farmer for TB reactor cattle and the farmer accepts this offer, his...
    • Brexit Supports
      486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an account of the distribution of Brexit adjustment reserve funds to enhance, upgrade, and develop Ireland's agri-food...
    • Animal Feedstuffs
      487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of palm kernel expeller imported into Ireland each year since 2018 to date; the countries from which it was...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria applied in deciding what roof sheeting heat guard brands are approved under TAMS (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Agriculture Supports
      489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if financial assistance would be given to farmers who do not have forest plantation and are not availing of any forestry schemes, to...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review a young farmer's complementary income support scheme application and decision in light of circumstances (details...
    • Fishing Industry
      491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial supports in place for inshore fishers in 2024; the measures he expects to put in place in 2025; if any replacement...
    • Fishing Communities
      492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he is taking to ensure equal representation on all national fisheries committees in order that they are inclusive of the...
    • Fishing Industry
      493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he is taking to ensure fair and viable quota shares of all existing and new pelagic stocks such as hook and line mackerel...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a late 2023 Eco application will be accepted from a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • International Protection
      495. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current use of a facility (details supplied); if he has plans to use this facility for applicants in the...
    • Childcare Services
      496. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a list of all new childcare services including the name of the service, location and number of childcare...
    • Disability Services
      497. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE staff grade psychologists, dieticians and child and family support workers employed in the...
    • Direct Provision System
      498. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth regarding letters sent to people with status/leave to remain in direct provision centres giving them dates by...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      499. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding or grants that can be obtained and provided to a playschool (details supplied); if the Department...
    • International Protection
      500. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current number of international protection and Ukrainian refugees currently being accommodated at a location...
    • Disability Services
      507. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of clients engaged with CDNTs, broken down by area; and the number of such clients who have an...
    • Child and Family Agency
      509. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the total number of under 18-year-olds in each in Tusla local area; and the number of children in...
    • Children in Care
      512. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children who have aged out of care in each of the past three years, broken down by local...
    • Recycling Policy
      515. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline, with regard to his Department’s removal of tents in Dublin and the recent moving of...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      516. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the legislation will be enacted to reimburse parents who have to pay private practitioners to assess their...
    • Departmental Funding
      517. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding his Department has provided for the child and youth participation network, by county, in...
    • International Protection
      518. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can confirm that a number of buildings in Castlerea, County Roscommon are to be used to house...
    • Maternity Leave
      522. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can provide an update on the leave the leave campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Services
      523. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the delays in reopening respite services in the Ard Aoibhinn Unit in Carndonagh, County Donegal;...
    • International Protection
      525. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will engage with an accommodation provider (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      526. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an application an (details supplied) for the mother and baby institution payment scheme. [22768/24]
    • International Protection
      527. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has engaged with the Private Security Authority and-or the Minister for Justice in respect of the...
    • Departmental Funding
      528. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of additional funding his Department has given to charities since December 2023 for the purpose of...
    • Child Protection
      529. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the child protection measures that are in place at the IPAS centre at Abbey Manor, Dromahair, County Leitrim; if...
    • Childcare Services
      530. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the chronic shortage of childcare spaces in the area of Dublin south-west with a case of one...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      531. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 427 and 428 of 27 February 2024, when the papers of the interdepartmental...
    • Disability Services
      532. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE child psychologists working as part of Cavan children's disability network team in the years...
    • Childcare Services
      534. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 574 of 16 April 2024, the annual cost to the Exchequer, in tabular form,...
    • Disability Services
      538. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to review a case (details supplied); to provide an update on the provision of transport for this person to the...
    • International Protection
      539. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any expressions of interest have been received for the purchase or leasing of turnkey properties in...
    • Parliamentary Questions
      543. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a response has not issued to a previous parliamentary question (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Asylum Seekers
      544. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail the current approach to consulting with communities where accommodation for asylum seekers is to be...
  • Department of Health
    • Nursing Homes
      547. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give consideration to a number of measures to stabilise and sustain the nursing home sector [22336/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      548. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have their operation, which has been cancelled six times. [22338/24]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      550. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to see a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Tallaght University Hospital. [22357/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      551. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE secretaries, who are part of the ophthalmology department responsible for making appointments for patients for eye injections, within the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      552. To ask the Minister for Health the number of theatres currently in use at St. James's Hospital; and the hours and days of the week each theatre is available for procedures, in tabular form....
    • Health Strategies
      554. To ask the Minister for Health when the last national ophthalmology strategy was delivered; If the recommendations of the strategy were achieved; and when a new strategy will be produced....
    • Hospital Staff
      555. To ask the Minister for Health If the post of chief cardiac physiologist and senior cardiac physiologist within cardiac catheterisation laboratory at Beaumont Hospital have been filled on a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      557. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for an operation at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital; if he is on the routine...
    • General Practitioner Services
      558. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the issue that GPs have been refusing to do private cervical smear tests for patients as they have no faith in the labs where the tests are...
    • Hospital Facilities
      559. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has considered adding extra acute beds to Nenagh General Hospital. [22407/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      560. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently on HSE recruitment panels for all disciplines in CHO3 as of 13 May 2024 by discipline and job type, in tabular form. [22410/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      561. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to recruit another peer support facilitator with the psychiatric team in UHK in view of the fact there are currently only two positions; and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      562. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22432/24]
    • Health Promotion
      564. To ask the Minister for Health whether he has any plans to increase awareness about the importance of the use of sun cream in combatting skin cancer; whether he has had any discussions with...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      565. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a scope for a person (details supplied). [22444/24]
    • Health Promotion
      566. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase awareness about the importance of the use of sun cream in combatting skin cancer; the details of any discussions he has had with his...
    • Health Strategies
      567. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of each of the eight recommendations in the “Overview Report of HIQA’s Monitoring Programme against the...
    • Dental Services
      576. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 2 May 2024, if he will ensure that a child (details supplied) will be offered treatment to urgently complete their...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      577. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment in Temple Street Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22461/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      578. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the current situation at the child and adolescent mental health services at Nenagh Health an Centre, County Tipperary, where there is...
    • Departmental Data
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people (details supplied) who were actively using the health service, by county between 1 February and 1 April 2024; and if he will make a...
    • Dental Services
      581. To ask the Minister for Health when students will be called for an appointment with the school dentist (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22511/24]
    • Home Help Service
      582. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an urgent request for a person (details supplied); when additional home help will be offered; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      583. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for cataract eye surgery as they are visually impaired and the issue is impacting on...
    • Mental Health Services
      584. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a matter concerning provision of CAMHS psychotherapists in Tralee (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22521/24]
    • Care Services
      586. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22557/24]
    • Child Protection
      587. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 712 of 30 April 2024, if, in circumstances where a private/charitable service provider believes that it is in the best...
    • Health Services
      589. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a dietitian service in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22584/24]
    • International Agreements
      590. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government intends to become a signatory to the proposed WHO Pandemic Treaty, a legally binding treaty which would grant significant powers to a UN...
    • Dental Services
      591. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the difficulties experienced by families in Dundalk, in accessing orthodontist services since February 2024 (details supplied); the plans...
    • Mental Health Services
      592. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure the healthcare needed is provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22598/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      593. To ask the Minister for Health if a report has been published (details supplied); if not, if he will provide a copy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22599/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      594. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a service user (details supplied) has been discharged from mental health services locally following a request to bring forward their next visit as...
    • Patient Transfers
      595. To ask the Minister for Health when an urgent patient transfer will take place for a person (details supplied) in Letterkenny University Hospital to Galway University Hospital; and if he...
    • Medical Cards
      596. To ask the Minister for Health to examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22621/24]
    • Health Services
      597. To ask the Minister for Health to examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22622/24]
    • Healthcare Policy
      598. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met recently with an organisation (details supplied); his view of the proposal to provide for care partners for vulnerable people in hospitals,...
    • Dental Services
      599. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 17 of 8 May 2024, the actions he intends to take to ensure children have adequate access to orthodontic treatment in...
    • Departmental Meetings
      600. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the newborn screening committee has met since 2019. [22641/24]
    • Health Services
      601. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new conditions the health service expects to add to the newborn screening service in the next five years. [22642/24]
    • Healthcare Policy
      603. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is actively monitoring the H5N1 outbreaks in farm animals in the United States; if the HSPC is actively monitoring for H5N1 in Ireland; if...
    • Health Services
      604. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the breastfeeding support service in Dunboyne, County Meath was cut; if he will immediately review this decision; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      605. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in a particularly urgent medical case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22724/24]
    • Cancer Services
      606. To ask the Minister for Health the status of MRI cancer screening in St. James's Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22728/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      607. To ask the Minister for Health when a procedure will be scheduled for a person (details supplied), considering that this procedure was initially approved in 2018; and if he will make a...
    • Cancer Services
      608. To ask the Minister for Health if he will supply details of the level of grant aid support from his Department and the HSE to each community cancer support centre in the State in each year...
    • Education and Training Provision
      609. To ask the Minister for Health if psychology training courses will be funded for an intake of trainees September 2024; and if he has considered the impact on service provision of there being...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      610. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the assessment of need waiting lists of the north Lee, south Lee, west Cork and north Cork primary care psychology services; and the...
    • Mental Health Services
      611. To ask the Minister for Health the details of efforts to recruit psychologists to the north Lee, south Lee, west Cork and north Cork primary care psychology services in the years 2020, 2021,...
    • Health and Safety
      614. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide more resources towards inspections of vaping products entering the country and add to the 40 inspection checks for vaping products set out...
    • Care Services
      616. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE can provide a post-operative bed for a person in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22812/24]
    • Health Services
      617. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received the advice from the Office of the Attorney General in relation to the extension of the free contraception scheme to 16-year-olds; and if he...
    • Abortion Services
      618. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the options paper developed by his Department in response to the report of the Oireachtas Health Committee on the Independent Review of the...
    • Cancer Services
      619. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the total number of BowelScreen invitations issued, by county, in each of the years from 2021 to 2024, in tabular form; the...
    • Dental Services
      622. To ask the Minister for Health the current state of the school dental service; if he is aware that in certain circumstances the service is only providing access for emergency cases; and if...
    • General Practitioner Services
      623. To ask the Minister for Health the appropriate pathway for a GP to make a referral for surgery (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22840/24]
    • Health Strategies
      624. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of annual development funding specifically allocated to the National Cancer Strategy in each Government budget in each of the years since 2017, in...
    • Disability Services
      625. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the lack of services in the south east, particularly for adults trying to access a diagnosis of adult ADHD and required services. [22856/24]
    • Health Services
      626. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the approval of an increase in optometrists' fees given the lack of increase in fees over 20 years (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Health Strategies
      627. To ask the Minister for Health when a national programme for public eyecare for children over eight years of age will be approved to ensure equity of access to eyecare for all children of...
    • Primary Care Centres
      628. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on delivering a primary care centre (details supplied); and the date for the report's findings to be announced. [22861/24]
    • Departmental Data
      629. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Guillain-Barré syndrome cases in Ireland from 2018 to 2023, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22872/24]
    • Healthcare Policy
      630. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland is planning to introduce a vaccine injury fund similar to other countries in the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22873/24]
    • Medicinal Products
      631. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the delays relating to the importation of mefenamic acid; the impact this delay has on women who suffer severe period pain without its...
    • Hospital Staff
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ENT surgeons and WTE ENT registrars at the Mater hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [22896/24]
    • Hospital Procedures
      633. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric ophthalmology procedures, by type, ]carried out in either CHI Temple Street or CHI Crumlin in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular...
    • Public Sector Pay
      634. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the disparity in pay and conditions between section 38 and section 39 workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Staff
      635. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the appointment of dermatology consultants at Letterkenny University Hospital and Sligo University Hospital; the stage the recruitment process...
    • Health Strategies
      636. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Pathfinder programme based at Tallaght hospital has been wound down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22917/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      637. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior house officers in orthopaedics based at Monaghan General Hospital in the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [22940/24]
    • Ambulance Service
      638. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of providing three additional critical care ambulances on a 24-7 basis in each HSE region. [22941/24]
    • Emergency Departments
      639. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who presented at the accident and emergency department of Cavan General Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [22942/24]
    • Hospital Procedures
      640. To ask the Minister for Health to identify the specialist vascular surgery treatments that are not provided within the State and for which patients are sent to the UK or elsewhere abroad;...
    • General Practitioner Services
      641. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the number of GPs within Cavan-Monaghan who are registered with the type 2 diabetes cycle of care. [22944/24]
    • Pharmacy Services
      642. To ask the Minister for Health if he can share the submission Ireland made to the EU Commission in relation to the proposed new EU pharmaceutical legislation. [22962/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      643. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a hip operation for a person (details supplied). [22965/24]
    • Home Help Service
      644. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people in Roscommon and Galway on waiting lists for home care; the average wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22974/24]
    • Medical Cards
      645. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who has cancer; if any further documentation is required to...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      646. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 564 of 14 May 2024, to outline any financial assistance available to patients dependant on oxygen tanks, especially...
    • Mental Health Services
      647. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23009/24]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education Schemes
      648. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a HEAR grant application (details supplied) has been turned down; if his Department was aware of the personal circumstances of the...
    • Medical Qualifications
      650. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 318 of 2 May 2024, if it is his intention, in conjunction with the Minister for Health, to develop a...
    • Grant Payments
      651. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason SUSI will only reassess an applicant moving applicant class dependent to independent student after there is a three year break in...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      653. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprenticeship registrations in 2023 and to date in 2024, by type and by year in tabular form. [22422/24]
    • Medical Qualifications
      656. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places for medical students in Irish universities for each of the past ten years; and how many of these are used for international...
    • Nursing Education
      657. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places for student nurses in Irish universities for each of the past ten years; and how many of these are used for international...
    • Third Level Fees
      658. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of further reducing third level fees to €1,000 in 2024-2025, and subsequently abolish these fees in 2025-2026; and if...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      659. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of abolishing the contribution fee for apprenticeships in higher education in the 2024/2025 academic year. [22578/24]
    • Departmental Funding
      660. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the allocations from budget 2024 to the various universities of the student hardship fund, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Education and Training Boards
      661. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount provided to each education and training board, ETB, for Youthreach programmes in 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024. [22615/24]
    • Qualifications Recognition
      662. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what systems have been put in place to recognise the medical and other professional qualifications of Ukrainian nationals living here; and if he...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Community Development Projects
      664. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development what funding streams may be available to a horticulturist looking to provide a community garden service, location already acquired, to...
    • Regeneration Projects
      665. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated to each county in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024 under the Rural Regeneration and...
    • Control of Dogs
      666. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps being taken to address concerns regarding an apparent increase in the number of livestock being attacked and killed by dogs;...
    • Departmental Funding
      667. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding that has been allocated to men’s and women's sheds, respectively, in each of the past three years, in tabular form....
    • Rural Schemes
      668. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider allowing an extension to a LEADER project under the Leitrim Development Company (details supplied); and if she...
    • Departmental Schemes
      669. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 325 of 18 April and the commitment given therein to furnish the information, the total length or...

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