Written answers
Thursday, 23 May 2024
- Department of Education and Skills
- Employment Rights
2. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the review on the status of PhD researchers, that is, classification as either students or employees, has not yet been published; the...
- Third Level Education
9. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that PLC graduates looking to progress to a relevant third-level course are included in a lottery for limited places, regardless of...
- Further and Higher Education
10. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the funding allocation to date and timeframe for the development of Cavan Institute as a hub for further education and training....
- Student Accommodation
11. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is putting in place to alleviate the student accommodation crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23173/24]
- Third Level Education
12. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement his Department has had with the Higher Education Authority regarding financial deficits at universities in Ireland; his views on...
- Student Accommodation
15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total available student accommodation in or adjacent to schools or colleges; to detail the projected student accommodation shortfall for the...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to indicate the growth of take-up by the public service and by the multinational sector of the new model of apprenticeships; if he considers that...
- Third Level Education
22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to make a statement on the curtailment and punishment of student protests in Trinity College Dublin. [23133/24]
- Education Policy
23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the labour constraints identified in various reports (details supplied) that Ireland faces in order to meet our 2030 targets; the...
- Student Accommodation
24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he and his Department are taking to support students who are being asked to pay for accommodation for 52 weeks of the year, despite...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of new apprentice registrations in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23292/24]
- Middle East
26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged with the European Commission seeking a suspension of Israel’s participation in Horizon Europe. [23274/24]
- Student Accommodation
27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to enable technological universities to borrow for the purpose of providing student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on...
- Third Level Education
28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progression of plans for a new veterinary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23041/24]
- Further and Higher Education
29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position regarding the development of the old Pretty Polly facility in Killarney as a new training centre of excellence; and if he...
- Technological Universities
30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to open new campus facilities for the Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest at Coonagh, Limerick; and if...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of delays in apprenticeship completion in Cork; and how he plans to resolve this. [23337/24]
- Further and Higher Education
32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to develop and support further and higher education in County Monaghan. [23275/24]
- Third Level Education
33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to make a statement on student protests and higher education institutions and their financial ties and investments in Israeli companies. [23134/24]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has plans to increase the funding for apprenticeships that are offered by education and training boards and technological universities to...
- Grant Payments
35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to review SUSI income thresholds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23178/24]
- Student Accommodation
36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what funding is in place and available to the Atlantic Technological University to acquire student accommodation; and if he will make a statement...
- Climate Action Plan
37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on progress on the actions on which his Department is leading in the 2024 climate action plan annexe of actions; if these actions are...
- Grant Payments
38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his priorities for further SUSI reform in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23282/24]
- Student Accommodation
39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 27 February 2024, for an update on the plans to provide additional student accommodation units for...
- Further and Higher Education
40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the proposed building project at Cavan Institute will proceed to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23272/24]
- Student Accommodation
41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on efforts to increase the supply of student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22757/24]
- Public Sector Staff
42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to resolve the terms and conditions of employment of personal assistants who work in some education and training boards; the...
- Student Accommodation
43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which provision is being made or will be made to meet the full requirement of student accommodation adjacent to schools or colleges;...
- Education Policy
44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which a continuous supply of graduates in the academic and technical areas is provided for in order to meet requirements of industry...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on efforts to increase the number of apprenticeship spaces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22756/24]
- Technological Universities
46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the STEM building planned for the Galway campus of Atlantic Technological University will be proceeding to construction; the timeline for the...
- Grant Payments
47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider altering the residency rule for the student grant scheme to enable a person to qualify for the grant is they can show that...
- Further and Higher Education
48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 of 27 February 2024, the status of the proposed new further education college in Galway city; the status...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Employment Rights
61. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the ERO for the security sector for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23315/24]
- Business Supports
62. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the supports available to businesses with the rising cost of energy in running a business, particularly those in the...
- EU Directives
64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what he intends to do to increase collective bargaining coverage as specified under the EU Directive on minimum wages; and if he will...
- Personal Injury Claims
65. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the Injuries Resolution Board’s mediation service for public liability personal injury claims; and if he will...
- Work Permits
66. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he last reviewed the critical skills list; if his Department has plans to address the national skills shortages in science,...
- Industrial Development
67. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details on the efforts his Department, in conjunction with the IDA and Enterprise Ireland, are making to attract...
- Artificial Intelligence
68. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on Ireland’s national artificial intelligence strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23264/24]
- Living Wage
70. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is planning to delay the introduction of a living wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23305/24]
- Export Controls
71. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 18 April 2024, the number of dual-use export licence applications in respect of end-users...
- Trade Data
72. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 100 of 18 April 2024, the total value of Ireland’s imports from Israel since 7 October...
- Departmental Strategies
73. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the development of a National Industrial Life Sciences and Health Technology Strategy, similar to the departmental...
- Business Supports
74. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the general supports available for small businesses currently struggling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22991/24]
- Work Permits
76. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 18 April 2024, for an update on plans to remove dental nurses from the ineligible...
- Trade Agreements
77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on his engagements regarding the Mercosur trade agreement. [23277/24]
- Personal Injury Claims
79. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the initial response to the introduction of mediation for workplace accident claims; and if he will make a...
- Industrial Development
80. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the IDA's plans to proceed with providing a new advance technology facility at Kerry Technology Park in Tralee,...
- Enterprise Policy
81. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the progress made under the Mid-West Regional Enterprise Plan; the plans for its future funding; and if he will...
- Employment Rights
82. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the new rate of pay of €12.90 per hour for security guards, proposed by the Labour Court, has taken effect; if so, when this...
- Industrial Development
83. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the latest developments in acquiring an IDA Ireland purpose-built facility in Longford town; and if he will make a...
- Business Supports
84. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in each of Cork city, Cork county and Kerry registered for the increased cost of business grant before 1 May...
- Workplace Relations Commission
85. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Workplace Relations Commission on-site inspections carried out in 2024, in tabular form, by month and sector, with...
- Personal Injury Claims
86. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his response to the recent Supreme Court judgment in the Delaney case in relation to personal injuries guidelines; and if he will make...
- Employment Rights
87. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he agrees with a Government proposal to delay the introduction of paid sick leave. [23340/24]
- Business Supports
89. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is planning to issue grants to small and medium enterprises in the retail and hospitality sectors through the increased cost of...
- Employment Rights
93. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is planning to delay the expansion of the sick pay scheme to workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23306/24]
- Departmental Functions
94. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views regarding his Department's activity with respect to the national training fund; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Business Supports
95. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications received for the cost of business support grant in Galway City Council, the number granted and the cost of...
- Personal Injury Claims
100. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether mediation can address a broader range of issues than those currently considered in the Injuries Resolution...
- Business Supports
102. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Kildare, Wicklow, Meath and Louth, respectively that registered for the increased cost of...
- Enterprise Policy
103. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a report on the progress made under the midlands regional enterprise plan; the plans for the future funding of same; and if he...
- Official Engagements
105. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the major gathering of EU Digital Ministers hosted in Dublin recently; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Artificial Intelligence
106. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the AI Act at EU level and his plans for the enactment of same in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Business Supports
107. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has any plans for the introduction of an export credit guarantee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23098/24]
- Enterprise Policy
108. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a report on the progress made under the south east regional enterprise plan; the plans for the future funding of same; and if he...
- Regional Development
109. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for ensuring greater economic regional development, specifically in the mid-west region. [23115/24]
- Business Supports
110. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider reopening and readvertising the increased cost of business scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Employment Rights
111. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the implementation of the ERO for security officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health and Safety
112. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Health and Safety Authority on-site inspections carried out in 2024, in tabular form, by month and sector, with the...
- Industrial Development
113. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the IDA’s efforts to attract inward investment to Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Labour Market
114. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on his Department's efforts to address labour shortages in the hospitality sector; and if he will make a...
- Artificial Intelligence
115. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a report on the role and work of the AI Advisory Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23104/24]
- Legislative Process
116. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what specific date in early June is the National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022 is to be reread the second...
- Business Supports
117. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding that is being provided to support small and medium enterprises with the increased cost of business; and if he will make a...
- Climate Action Plan
118. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on industrial heat decarbonisation; the measures he is taking to decarbonise industrial heat; the supports he is...
- Departmental Data
119. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of business start-ups and business closures, both companies and unincorporated businesses; if he has considered a review...
- Insurance Industry
120. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the implementation of the Action Plan for Insurance Reform measures within the remit of his Department; and if he...
- Business Supports
121. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he is taking to help small-scale manufacturing, retail and hospitality businesses meet the challenge of cost pressures;...
- Trade Agreements
122. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on how the EU-New Zealand trade agreement will benefit Irish businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Birth Certificates
123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to advise on a case of a person who has learned that the named father on their birth certificate is not their biological father, and that...
- Passport Services
124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider providing more accountability and transparency within the Passport Service, and provide a meaningful escalation path...
- Human Rights
125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views with regard to the situation of the Baha’is community in Iran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23393/24]
- Departmental Advertising
126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in online/digital media platforms;...
- Passport Services
127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to expedite a passport application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23486/24]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Departmental Schemes
128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if concerns that deposit return scheme machines are too high for wheelchair users will be addressed; the action that...
- Energy Conservation
129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the SEAI's plans to expand their parameters to include and support stone wall external insulation, traditional/older...
- Waste Management
130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the exemption to the waste recovery levy for C and D will be removed; if so, when this is proposed to commence; and...
- Foreshore Issues
133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the work being conducted by his Department to ensure that there will be no undue planning delays for...
- Departmental Advertising
134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in...
- Department of Defence
- Naval Service
135. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the capital investment made over the past ten years in the Naval Service facilities at Haulbowline, County Cork; the specific projects completed...
- Departmental Advertising
137. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in online/digital media platforms; the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Pension Provisions
138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to confirm his recognition of the recent High Court Judgment in respect of the CIÉ 1951 pension scheme; if he will take steps to...
- Departmental Schemes
140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make additional resources available to local authorities in 2024 for the community involvement scheme, in view of the...
- Public Transport
141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the toilet facilities in Athy and Newbridge train stations are open; if so, the open times; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Vacant Properties
142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a former station master's house at Glendonnell, Mullinavat, County Kilkenny, lies vacant during a housing crisis; the reason...
- Road Safety
143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the roll-out of additional average speed cameras and the nine new static speed cameras; and if he will make a...
- Public Transport
144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address as a matter of urgency the lack of facilitation of rail passengers travelling with bicycles on trains bound for Tralee...
- Departmental Advertising
145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in online/digital media platforms;...
- Departmental Correspondence
146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to review a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23461/24]
- Department of Finance
- Housing Schemes
147. To ask the Minister for Finance if, with regard to the help to buy scheme, someone qualifies for the scheme for all criteria but has inherited a property, whether they can still avail of the...
- Departmental Expenditure
148. To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of projected non-voted current expenditure for 2024 and 2025 including a breakdown central funds, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Tax Data
152. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the latest understandings regarding the number of businesses and the outstanding debt that remains within the debt warehousing scheme that...
- Tax Code
154. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a reversal of changes to benefit-in-kind treatment of workers, particularly in respect of sales representatives and other similar position...
- Departmental Advertising
155. To ask the Minister for Finance the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in online/digital media platforms; the names of the...
- Tax Credits
156. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reviewing and simplifying the application procedure for SMEs to access and avail of the R&D tax credit for indigenous firms; and...
- Banking Sector
157. To ask the Minister for Finance his and his Department’s position on the call for a five-year moratorium on branch closures by an organisation (details supplied); the way this call...
- Tax Data
158. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 9 April 2024, the projected carbon tax annual revenue in each of the years 2024 to 2030 respectively, with...
- Tax Reliefs
159. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 8 of 10 April 2024, if he has received correspondence from the Revenue Commissioners expressing concern regarding the...
- Insurance Industry
160. To ask the Minister for Finance the options he is considering to force further premium reductions in the insurance market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23485/24]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Regional Development
161. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will commit to improving the northern and western region’s infrastructure ranking (details supplied); if so, the funding...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the proposed walking and cycling bridge across the River Liffey from the War Memorial Gardens, Islandbridge; the...
- National Parks
163. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on Parliamentary Question No. 197 of 20 September 2023. [23379/24]
- Departmental Budgets
164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of expenditure receipts and balances as outlined on page 27 of the Stability Programme Update; and if he will make a...
- Office of Public Works
165. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of residences owned by the OPW in Killarney, County Kerry; the number of these that are currently occupied, unoccupied or...
- Departmental Advertising
166. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in online/digital media...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Work Permits
167. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he would acknowledge that a large number of SMEs in Ireland are struggling to meet demand because they cannot recruit or retain...
- Employment Rights
169. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the Employment Regulation Order in relation to security workers (details supplied) will be implemented; and if he will make a...
- EU Directives
172. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Government's position on measures in relation to the new EU Directive on the minimum wage, which unions regard as critical...
- Departmental Advertising
173. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in online/digital media...
- Economic Data
174. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which the services and manufacturing services have improved and recovered, given the existence of the pandemic; and if...
- Trade Data
176. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which Irish-manufactured products continue to compete on world markets; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Job Creation
177. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he and his Department continue to ensure an even spread of job creation investment throughout the country, with a...
- Economic Data
178. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which the level of investment in jobs here continues to keep pace with other jurisdictions; and if he will make a...
- Business Supports
179. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which assistances towards small- and medium-sized enterprises here continues to equate with those available in other EU...
- Flexible Work Practices
180. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which the concept of working from home or via digital hubs is being progressed, with a view to ensuring the optimum...
- Education Policy
181. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he and his Department continue to liaise with the educational sector in order to ensure the ready supply of...
- Trade Data
182. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the countries whence he sees the greatest competition for Ireland over the next five years in respect of the manufacturing and...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Education Schemes
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the monetary contribution from her Department for each student at post-primary level through the new free schoolbook scheme for the academic year...
- School Admissions
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an extra stream for intake at junior infants is under consideration at a school (details supplied), with particular reference to the...
- Special Educational Needs
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when schools will receive their SNA allocation this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23354/24]
- Schools Building Projects
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a definitive timeline for the completion of the permanent buildings for a school (details supplied); the stage at which the...
- School Admissions
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will advocate with the principal for a student (details supplied) to be accepted for admission to the school. [23382/24]
- School Enrolments
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the shortage of secondary school places in the Tallaght area; the actions her Department is taking to address these issues;...
- School Facilities
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the consequences of a prolonged delay in installing new classrooms (details supplied), and that this has resulted in the...
- Schools Building Projects
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will give approval for construction to start on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if concessions and additional accommodation for students with dyscalculia will be considered for Leaving Certificate mathematics; if such...
- After-School Support Services
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available for afterschool services in very deprived communities outside of school settings to try to reduce disadvantage and to...
- Special Educational Needs
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if she will address the contents of same. [23438/24]
- Departmental Advertising
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total costs incurred by her Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in online/digital media platforms; the...
- School Staff
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the leave arrangements and other supports (therapeutic and financial) available to teachers and SNAs who are victims of violence within the...
- Schools Building Projects
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for an extension and refurbishment of its facilities; and if she will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional supports will be put in place for special needs assistants in schools to ensure that they either are not forced to sign on for...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Advertising
202. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total costs incurred by her Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in online/digital media...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Grant Payments
203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the up-to-date position with replacing or improving the terms and conditions for the housing aid and housing adaption grants...
- Local Authorities
205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if extra resourcing will be provided to local authorities to allow for the hiring of additional dog wardens; and if he will...
- Building Regulations
207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what additional steps he has taken in relation to the recommendations of the ‘Respiratory Health Among Residents of...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the last time the wind energy development guidelines were updated; if it is intended to issue revised guidelines, taking into...
- Departmental Advertising
209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in online/digital media...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of residences the NPWS owns in Killarney, County Kerry; the number of these that are currently occupied, unoccupied...
- State Bodies
211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what is required of officials working for An Bord Pleanála in respect of disclosing any connections they, either through...
- Wastewater Treatment
212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the up-to-date position regarding an application submitted by a local authority (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Housing Provision
213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of affordable/rentable houses likely to accrue to Kildare County Council through Part 8/Part 5 of the...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- State Pensions
214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for deductions to pensions (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23329/24]
- Social Welfare Payments
215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an issue in relation to an overpayment (details supplied) will be examined and resolved; the reason for the delay; and if...
- State Pensions
216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason under the new total contributions approach for the State pension a person (details supplied) appears not to...
- Social Welfare Benefits
217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if full carer’s allowance will be approved and back dated in the case of a person (details supplied) as they are...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend eligibility for LAA and fuel allowance to people in receipt of carer's allowance. [23425/24]
- Social Welfare Benefits
219. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will introduce a requirement that when a person signs on for jobseekers for the first time, as part of the process,...
- Departmental Advertising
220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total costs incurred by her Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in online/digital...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
221. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the differences, if any, that exist between an application for benefits and entitlements for a person with autism under 18...
- Pension Provisions
222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration might be given to the existence of a partnership in the case of a person (details supplied) whose pension...
- Social Welfare Benefits
223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment might be considered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Pension Provisions
225. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a pension top-up might be granted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Rates
226. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 16 May 2024, if the case of a person (details supplied) can be urgently reviewed...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Citizenship Applications
227. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the fees for citizenship applications for persons (details supplied); and the process and path to citizenship in each case....
- Visa Applications
228. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which work permit-related visas continue to be issued in line with the requirements of those seeking such visas;...
- Prison Service
229. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans to alleviate the crisis of prisoner overcrowding for prisoners and staff where there has been a substantial increase...
- An Garda Síochána
231. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications to join An Garda Síochána to date this year; the number of recruits currently in training;...
- Road Traffic Offences
232. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed charge speeding notices issued and paid, by Garda division, by month, for 2023 and to date in 2024; and if...
- Peace Commissioners
233. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process involved in appointing peace commissioners, including the application process and the method by which these...
- Prison Service
234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the enquiries into the death of a prisoner in custody (details supplied) will be completed; the nature of these enquiries;...
- Departmental Advertising
235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total costs incurred by her Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in online/digital media...
- Immigration Status
236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in order to renew expired Stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
- Family Reunification
238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if and when the son of a person (details supplied) might be allowed to join them; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Immigration Status
239. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Forestry Sector
241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if assistance will be given to farmers who do not have a forest plantation or are not availing of any forestry schemes to have ash...
- Inshore Fisheries
243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way his Department is supporting inshore fishermen in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23380/24]
- Departmental Advertising
244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in online/digital media...
- Agriculture Schemes
245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding applications by a person (details supplied) considering that all evidence regarding proof of entitlement to...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Home Help Service
246. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if assistance will be reinstated for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Disabilities Assessments
248. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children waiting on an assessment of need in each health area; the number of children for last...
- Departmental Reports
249. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the children's disability network team staff census and workforce review 2023 has been published; if not, the...
- Youth Services
251. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the €2.5 million for universal youth work services; if that has been distributed or used;...
- Departmental Advertising
252. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in...
- Departmental Data
253. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of childcare identifier code key (chick codes) that were issued by the national childcare...
- Department of Health
- Medicinal Products
254. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 646 of 30 April 2024, if, given that a recent report (details supplied) found that 69% of transgender people access care...
- Gender Equality
255. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 647 of 30 April 2024, if he is aware that the "relatively new" area of transgender healthcare is over a century old....
- Food Labelling
257. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to alter regulations regarding nutritional labelling for foodstuffs in order that the recommended daily allowances information is expressed in terms...
- Mental Health Services
258. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a psychologist assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23328/24]
- Health Services
259. To ask the Minister for Health when urgent speech therapy and physiotherapy will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied) who recently suffered a stroke and is relying on these...
- Departmental Data
260. To ask the Minister for Health how many is the "growing number" of people contacting the National Gender Service seeking to detransition, as mentioned in a recent newspaper article (details...
- Gender Recognition
262. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 1 May 2024, if there are any clinical differences in the over 45% of those attending the National Gender Service...
- Hospital Appointments Status
266. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23374/24]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
268. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23407/24]
- Eating Disorders
269. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 303 of 2 May 2024, if the review of the model of care for eating disorders planned during 2024 will examine the number of...
- Health Services Staff
272. To ask the Minister for Health if salaries of Section 39 organisations are paid by the State/his Department; if so, how many organisations have this in place; how this is determined; and if...
- Departmental Funding
273. To ask the Minister for Health the grounds on which an organisation (details supplied) was granted funding; if this will be extended to other similar organisations; and if he will make a...
- Tobacco Control Measures
277. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering new measures in respect of vaping and the use of vaping products; if he is considering an outright ban on vaping; if so, the legal...
- Departmental Advertising
278. To ask the Minister for Health the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in online/digital media platforms; the names of the...
- Emergency Departments
279. To ask the Minister for Health if, following a knife attack and attendance at A&E, the A&E charge of €100 is still applicable; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Cards
280. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a full medical card has not been restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23515/24]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
281. To ask the Minister for Health if an electric wheelchair is available in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23516/24]
- Hospital Admissions
282. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the daughter of a person (details supplied) was admitted to Tallaght Hospital on 16 May 2024, without her mother’s knowledge (guardian) and...
- Medical Cards
283. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tobacco Control Measures
284. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which adequate control and regulation of vape outlets is universally and adequately applied, having particular regard to the concern of those who...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Grant Payments
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to alter the statutory instrument to include Ballyfermot College of Further Education as an approved provider of third level...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of craft instructors recruited as part of his national recruitment campaign to hire an additional 100 craft apprentice instructors....
- Grant Payments
289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his future plans with regard to any potential changes in the SUSI grant system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23367/24]
- Tax Code
290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the discriminatory practices against further education and training staff in comparison to staff in compulsory education in...
- State Bodies
291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of planners in SOLAS; and the number of architects in SOLAS as at 17 May 2024. [23413/24]
- Departmental Advertising
292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in online/digital media platforms; the...
- Grant Payments
293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken or the steps he proposes to take to assist applicants for higher education courses who are being refused higher education...
- Education Policy
294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to influence the higher education system to ensure the ongoing availability of a steady stream of highly qualified...
- Bullying in Educational Institutions
297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department continues to monitor incidents of bullying in the workplace throughout the higher education system; the extent to which action...
- Third Level Costs
299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which higher education costs have increased over the past number of years; the extent of financial assistance now available for all...
- Education Policy
300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he and his Department have identified any specific obstacles which may impede improvement and achievement in the further and higher...
- Legislative Measures
303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date he and the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform will introduce amending legislation to address...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of craft apprentices currently waiting to undertake phase 2, 4 and 6 off-the-job training; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Reports
305. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the Local Authority Control of Dogs Statistics Report 2023 will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Community Development Projects
309. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department will intervene to ensure that the Robert Emmet Community Development Project can continue to deliver essential...
- Departmental Schemes
310. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when funding will be approved for a project (details supplied) under the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme 2023, in respect of...
- Departmental Advertising
311. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total costs incurred by her Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in online/digital media...
