Written answers
Tuesday, 18 June 2024
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Childcare Services
34. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if extra funding can be provided by the Government for communities fundraising for the provision of a childcare...
- Youth Work Projects
37. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the implementation of the targeted youth employability support Initiative; and if he will...
- Childcare Services
38. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to increase childcare places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26082/24]
- Disabilities Assessments
43. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the decision to finance an assessment of need waiting list initiative and the process on how...
- Disability Services
44. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps his Department is actively taking to assist an organisation (details supplied) regarding its staffing...
- Defective Building Materials
46. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans his Department has made to deal with the emergence of the presence of defective blocks in a building...
- Mother and Baby Homes
47. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary No. 84 of 30 April 2024, if the negotiation process between the expert negotiator and...
- Youth Work Projects
52. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he and his Department have mapped the existence of youth focused community projects and staff across the...
- Emergency Accommodation
56. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of asylum seekers who have not been provided with accommodation by his Department; and if he will make...
- Child Protection
57. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied that adequate support exists for all children insofar as is possible who might be subjected to...
- Disability Services
58. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of young people who are 16 years-of-age and over who are awaiting on their individual family support...
- Childcare Services
60. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will abolish childcare fees in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26084/24]
- Family Resource Centres
61. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider recognising a facility (details supplied) as a family resource centre. [25724/24]
- School Staff
62. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the return of therapists to special schools. [25827/24]
- Childcare Services
63. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has initiated drafting of legislation for a childcare development agency; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Reports
64. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary No. 119 of 30 April 2024, the status of the research jointly funded by his Department...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
65. To ask the Taoiseach to clarify whether the Barron inquiry was in receipt of all relevant files relating to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings; and any files that related to suspected...
- Departmental Strategies
66. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the policing reform implementation programme office in his Department. [26186/24]
- Child Poverty
68. To ask the Taoiseach to provide an update on the work of the child poverty and well-being unit of his Department. [26200/24]
- Cabinet Committees
71. To ask the Taoiseach to provide an update on the work of the Cabinet committee on children, education and disability, outlining the number of times it has met this year. [26203/24]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Economic Sanctions
72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if discussions will begin on applying another round of tough sanctions on Russia at the next EU Foreign Affairs Council Meeting. [25900/24]
- Passport Services
73. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be escalated as the applicant’s travel date is imminent and the...
- Diplomatic Representation
80. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times the Irish Consul General or Deputy Consul General based in New York have met formally with the Commissioner of the New...
- European Court of Justice
81. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a breakdown of the fines issued against his Department by the Court of Justice of the European Union for the period 2010 to date;...
- Heritage Projects
82. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he, together with the Embassy of Ireland, and the Holy See, will seek to have the ancient crown of Brian Boru, High King of Ireland,...
- Passport Services
83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on matters relating to the Passport Office (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26152/24]
- EU Meetings
84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the NATO flag was displayed at the annual EU Heads of Missions lunch in Ireland, at which the Tánaiste delivered the opening...
- Passport Services
85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the passport for a person (details supplied) can be expedited. [26297/24]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Emergency Planning
86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the progress of the public warning system. [25901/24]
- Broadband Infrastructure
87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on his Department’s plans for the upgrading of broadband services and infrastructure in...
- State Bodies
88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has received the 2023 annual report and 2023 audited financial statement from each State agency under the remit of...
- European Court of Justice
89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of the fines issued against his Department by the Court of Justice of the European Union for the...
- Agriculture Supports
90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if grant aid funding is available for anaerobic digesters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26176/24]
- Environmental Schemes
91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on an application for a warmer home scheme upgrade by a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Inland Fisheries
92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the review of the Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse Fish Bye-Law (No. 806) 2006 and the...
- Department of Defence
- Ukraine War
94. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to detail the extensive military support provided by Ireland to Ukraine further to his opening remarks at the annual EU Heads of Missions lunch...
- Defence Forces
96. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of qualified civilian fitness instructors employed by the Defence Forces in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular...
- European Court of Justice
98. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a breakdown of the fines issued against his Department by the Court of Justice of the European Union for the period 2010 to date; and...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Rail Network
99. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of each category of train tickets that were sold between Dublin Connolly and Longford in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024,...
- Vehicle Registration Tax
100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give consideration to initiating a national cross-referencing of registered vehicles versus taxed vehicles versus insured...
- Rail Accidents
101. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the outbreak of a fire on the 4pm Dublin to Cork train on 3 June 2024; if he can...
- Bus Services
102. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA will confirm that talks or communications have taken place with Dublin Bus and the Department of Children, Equality,...
- Taxi Regulations
103. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if taxi drivers are required to accept electronic payments for fares, as distinct from seeking cash payment; and if so, if there is a...
- Road Tolls
104. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid by drivers who drove through tolls on the M50 in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [26087/24]
- Dublin Airport Authority
105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of permits issued by Dublin Airport Authority to commercial coach operators and public transport operators to allow them pick...
- Traffic Management
106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider establishing a fund for communities to finance traffic calming measures; and if he will make a statement on the...
- European Court of Justice
108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of the fines issued against his Department by the Court of Justice of the European Union for the period 2010 to...
- Road Projects
109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if local authorities have been instructed to not proceed to tender on road projects, which have already been approved in the annual road...
- Public Transport
110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost of all financial arrangements which are being paid out from Transport Infrastructure Ireland public funds to property...
- Department of Finance
- Planning Issues
111. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that R2 residential zoned land will not be liable for the residential zoned land tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25914/24]
- International Protection
112. To ask the Minister for Finance to clarify if beneficiaries of temporary protection working remotely in Ireland for Ukrainian employers are not subject to the payment of tax in Ireland until...
- European Union
113. To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of Ireland’s contribution to the Act in Support of Ammunition Production, intended to support the EU’s defence industry and to...
- International Agreements
114. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps his Department and the Revenue Commissioners take to ensure that the Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation between Ireland and Morocco...
- Primary Medical Certificates
115. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason registered blind persons are omitted from availing of the primary care certificate; his plans to include blind persons in the future; and if he...
- European Court of Justice
116. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown of the fines issued against his Department by the Court of Justice of the European Union for the period 2010 to date; and if he will...
- Universal Social Charge
117. To ask the Minister for Finance the first- and full-year costs of reducing the first rate of USC from 0.5% to 0%; reducing the second rate of USC from 2% to 0% and increasing the threshold...
- Tax Code
119. To ask the Minister for Finance the options available to a person commuting to work on a daily basis whose company does not participate in the Taxsaver monthly and annual rail tickets or the...
- Further and Higher Education
120. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update in respect of the development of the Greystones media campus; if there is a timeline in place for the opening of the campus; if...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Travel Trade Sector
121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of travel agents currently on the Office of Government Procurement Muti-Supplier Framework to provide travel services to...
- Flood Risk Management
122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will address flooding issues associated with a pocket of land (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Commemorative Plaques
123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 23 April 2024, if he will provide an update. [25987/24]
- Office of Public Works
124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 29 February 2024, to provide an update. [25988/24]
- European Court of Justice
127. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a breakdown of the fines issued against his Department by the Court of Justice of the European Union for the period 2010 to...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Work Permits
128. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a decision has been made on an application for an employment permit by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Small and Medium Enterprises
129. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the efforts being made to provide funding and support for small- and medium-sized enterprises in east Cork, especially new...
- EU Directives
130. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he intends to bring forward legislation transposing EU Directive 2022/2041 on adequate minimum wages in the European; and if he...
- State Bodies
131. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of WTE solicitors employed by IDA Ireland in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [26086/24]
- European Court of Justice
132. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a breakdown of the fines issued against his Department by the Court of Justice of the European Union for the period 2010...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will be completed. [25891/24]
- Education Welfare Service
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of full-time educational welfare officers based in Limerick in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [25894/24]
- Schools Building Projects
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next round of tender offers will issue for school building projects in the Donegal area. [25895/24]
- School Admissions
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she considers it best practice for post-primary schools to provide for feeder primary schools in their admissions policies to ensure that...
- Special Educational Needs
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the SNA allocations for the academic year beginning September 2024 will be made known; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25917/24]
- Schools Building Projects
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review her decision to not classify works (details supplied) as representing an emergency category, given the engineer’s...
- School Textbooks
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify a matter in relation to the junior cycle schoolbook scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25925/24]
- School Admissions
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken by her Department to identify additional school places and sites to meet the demand of growing communities in east Cork,...
- School Transport
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Number No. 313 of 20 February 2024, concerning the ban on school bus drivers over the age of 70, if she will...
- Special Educational Needs
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of an ASD unit closure can be examined (details supplied); if her Department will acknowledge the difficulties being experienced...
- School Admissions
148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the allocation of the remaining secondary school places for pupils in the Greystones area as there are currently a number...
- Schools Building Projects
149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a review being undertaken by her Department in respect of a Stage 2B submission will be finalised and a school (details supplied) contacted...
- Special Educational Needs
150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision to overturn an application which was refused for EAL support for a pupil (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make...
- School Funding
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26014/24]
- School Equipment
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider allowing a school (details supplied) to apply for a 10kw solar panel system; if she will consider the point raised in the...
- School Staff
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider granting a staffing allocation appeal in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26036/24]
- Special Educational Needs
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the ASD classroom at a school (details supplied) will be retrofitted, as requested by the school, before it opens a second ASD class; and if...
- School Transport
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with Bus Éireann to alter their policy of an age limit for drivers over 70 years and instead replace this policy with a...
- School Funding
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26049/24]
- Road Safety
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that an engineer from her Department's primary school section visits a school (details supplied), with a view to assisting the...
- School Staff
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26051/24]
- Schools Building Projects
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of a new school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26110/24]
- School Funding
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding can be provided to a school (details supplied) to cover the cost of landscaping and maintenance, given that every school...
- School Equipment
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the grants for furniture and IT equipment, which form part of the new build which was completed and opened officially last year at a school...
- School Facilities
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, given that United Nations Article 9 mentions accessible pathways for all when it comes to education, she will agree that accessible public...
- Schools Administration
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the number of primary schools in the diocese of Dublin that are running deficits; and if she will make a statement on the...
- European Court of Justice
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the fines issued against her Department by the Court of Justice of the European Union for the period 2010 to date; and...
- School Funding
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider allocating further funding of €10,000 to a school in view of the additional costs associated with their new classroom (details...
- School Staff
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any supports in place that would help cover excessive medical expenses, in the case where a teacher has sustained a lifelong injury...
- Special Educational Needs
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine a case (details supplied) where a child still does not have a special education place for September, and has little...
- Schools Building Projects
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the letter of intent issued to a school (details supplied) for which there has been no movement since its...
- School Staff
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress with issues around incremental credit (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26175/24]
- School Accommodation
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26181/24]
- Special Educational Needs
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures her Department is taking to ensure that special education classes are provided in schools where they currently do not exist; and if...
- Road Safety
175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding options that are available to schools who wish to undertake safety measures outside their school for school traffic; and if she will...
- Special Educational Needs
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in county Roscommon and Galway who are without a special class place for September 2024; and if she will make a statement...
- School Transport
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a bus extension request will be granted to school children (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26258/24]
- School Admissions
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a student (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26260/24]
- Special Educational Needs
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place to support teachers and special needs assistants who have been injured while working in the classroom and in schools; and...
- School Funding
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 199 of 8 May 2024, if she will review the additional information provided by a school (details supplied)...
- School Equipment
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistive technology could be provided to a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26306/24]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Bodies
182. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has received the 2023 annual report and 2023 audited financial statement from each State agency under the remit of her...
- European Court of Justice
183. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a breakdown of the fines issued against her Department by the Court of Justice of the European Union for the period...
- Tourism Industry
184. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update in relation to the short-term tourist letting Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26215/24]
- International Protection
185. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department or any of the agencies under the remit of her Department was contacted/consulted by the Minister for Children,...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Defective Building Materials
186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a review is being carried out to a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25933/24]
- Rental Sector
187. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports in place for a tenant in an affordable rent tenancy agreement with the LDA in the event they have a reduction of...
- Housing Schemes
188. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the progress of the implementation of recommendations for the Housing Adaptation Grant review in consultation...
- Vacant Properties
189. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware if local authorities in the State are compiling and maintaining registers of vacant properties, as distinct...
- Defective Building Materials
190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses the Housing Authority has authorised for demolition under the defective blocks scheme; the number of...
- Rental Sector
191. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will consider measures to provide buy-back options for mortgage-to-rent tenants by way of a discount; and if...
- Housing Provision
192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated under the social housing current expenditure programme and other funding programmes to deliver the...
- European Court of Justice
193. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the fines issued against his Department by the Court of Justice of the European Union for the period...
- Question Heading for question(s) 194
194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of prosecutions that have taken place for failure to make the necessary improvements in the past ten years in...
- Septic Tanks
196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the availability of grants for the refurbishment of septic tanks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26172/24]
- Fire Safety
197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of fire incidents across the State, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Legislative Measures
210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the marine protected areas Bill will be published; the reasons for the delay in publishing this promised legislation; the...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- International Protection
211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if beneficiaries of temporary protection have been means-tested as part of the carer's allowance application process during...
- Social Welfare Benefits
213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on an application for carer's allowance (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if she...
- Social Welfare Schemes
214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who holds a free travel pass can travel free of charge on a ferry (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a rejected disability allowance application for a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Appeals
216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect a decision on their social welfare appeal. [25984/24]
- State Pensions
217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if carers contributions/credits can be combined with paid contributions from employment in order that a person can qualify...
- Public Services Card
218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware of the barriers created by the fact that not a single PSC office in County Dublin opens outside of Monday to...
- Social Welfare Benefits
219. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the protections and supports available to self-employed people who become ill and have no income; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will confirm the social welfare entitlements of a person (details supplied). [26039/24]
- Public Services Card
221. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will consider introducing later opening hours for PSC centres that open outside of Monday to Friday,...
- Social Welfare Appeals
222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite a DCA appeal for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26113/24]
- Pension Provisions
223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for invalidity pension by a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if...
- Social Welfare Payments
224. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection is she will examine the case of a one-parent family payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Schemes
225. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on her plans to launch a reformed scheme to give effect to all nine recommendations outlined in...
- European Court of Justice
226. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a breakdown of the fines issued against her Department by the Court of Justice of the European Union for the...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
227. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review will be carried out in respect of a claim for child benefit submitted by a person (details supplied); the status...
- Social Welfare Benefits
229. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a carer's support grant did not issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Payments
230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the changes regarding cessation of the assessment of child maintenance in the means test for social welfare...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
231. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person in receipt of jobseeker’s transition payment is unable to apply for half-payment carer’s...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- An Garda Síochána
232. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda mountain bikes allocated to each Garda division to date in 2024, in tabular form. [25898/24]
- Citizenship Applications
234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on an application for citizenship a person (details supplied) which was submitted in July; and if she will make a...
- An Garda Síochána
235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, in relation to recent Garda operations in collaboration with the PSNI which detected 157 people across 25 days of action...
- EU Bodies
237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on her plans to increase airline and air carrier fines where they have been found to have not upheld their...
- Legislative Measures
238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason section 20 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interests Act 2017 has not yet been fully implemented...
- International Protection
239. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the rules relating to cross-border movement under the IPAS system (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Visa Applications
240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 424 of 14 May 2024, if, given the circumstances, she will ensure that this appeal is...
- An Garda Síochána
241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí, by rank, attached to DMR west divisional protective services unit as of 11 June 2024. [26090/24]
- Crime Prevention
242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update in relation to the operation of the neighbourhood watch scheme, particularly in DMR north and DMR...
- An Garda Síochána
243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 22 May 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda...
- Legal Aid
245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on her Department’s civil legal aid scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26105/24]
- Residency Permits
246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
- European Court of Justice
247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a breakdown of the fines issued against her Department by the Court of Justice of the European Union for the period...
- Citizenship Applications
248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if persons (details supplied) can apply for citizenship while on temporary permission given their circumstances; and if she...
- Coroners Service
250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice’s report on the operation of the Coroner Service published in...
- International Students
251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on visa requirements for international students in third level courses (details supplied). [26167/24]
- Youth Services
252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 22 May 2024, if she will provide an update in relation to the new youth diversion...
- An Garda Síochána
253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí, by rank, attached to the community policing unit of each station in DMR West, south and south...
- Crime Prevention
255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the work of the Cherry Orchard Implementation Board; and if she will make a statement on the...
- An Garda Síochána
256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff, broken down by rank, assigned to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission in advance of the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Animal Slaughtering
260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of thoroughbred horses that have been slaughtered to date in 2024, in tabular form. [25993/24]
- Agriculture Industry
261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farm organisations were not included in the Carbon Farming Working Group while appointing representatives of...
- State Bodies
262. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received the 2023 annual report and 2023 audited financial statements from each State agency under the remit of the...
- European Court of Justice
263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown of the fines issued against his Department by the Court of Justice of the European Union for the period 2010...
- Forestry Sector
264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current timeline for the processing of applications for tree felling; the measures being implemented to shorten that time; and if...
- Agriculture Industry
265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to review the current calendar-based system for the spreading of slurry in light of changing weather patterns and spells of very...
- Fishery Harbour Centres
267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1593 and 1594 of 21 March 2023, the details of the health and safety assessment underpinning...
- Agriculture Schemes
268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline in full the outcome of a potential compensation payment for a person in County Mayo (details supplied); and if he will...
- Fishing Industry
269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will seek agreement from the European Commission to deploy EMFAF and exchequer funding to financially assist inshore and...
- Animal Welfare
270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the report into treatment of animals in marts, as highlighted in a television programme (details supplied) in July 2023 has been...
- Animal Slaughtering
271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish all inspection reports undertaken by his Department; if he will publish the criteria by which a welfare officer is...
- Forestry Sector
281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the administration cost per hectare of forestry under his Department has risen from €668 to €7,400 per hectare; and...
- Renewable Energy Generation
282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 28 May 2024, the number of companies involved in submitting the 129 forms which were...
- Pension Provisions
283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an increase is due to retired Coillte pensioners as in the case of a person (details supplied) for 2023, based on inflation; and...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- International Protection
284. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if individuals seeking international protection have been moved from Hilden House to other parts of the country;...
- Disability Services
285. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason an application for grant funding under the children’s disability services grant fund was...
- Disabilities Assessments
287. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Government will reimbursement families who pay for private assessments after waiting three years for a...
- Disability Services
288. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what assistance is available to a person regarding travel services (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Departmental Legal Services
289. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the annual expenditure and proportion of overall childcare budget spent on legal services, both internal and...
- Emergency Accommodation
290. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are further plans to audit emergency accommodation beds to identify vacancy after the audit carried out...
- Mother and Baby Homes
291. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications approved of the approximately 34,000 eligible persons who applied under the mother...
- Disability Services
295. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department's policy on early-years interventions for children with disability or developmental delay; how...
- European Court of Justice
298. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the fines issued against his Department by the Court of Justice of the European Union...
- Defective Building Materials
299. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what support his Department can provide to an organisation (details supplied) after its building was condemned...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
300. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on his engagement with the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth on a...
- Disabilities Assessments
301. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an issue in relation to an assessment of needs for a child (details supplied) will be examined; and if he...
- Disability Services
303. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update in relation to the HSE’s Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023 – 2026 for...
- Departmental Projects
305. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the proposed national centre for research and remembrance to be located on the site of...
- Departmental Funding
306. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which the funds available to his Department remain adequate to meet whatever challenges may arise,...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
307. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans in place to provide sufficient childcare places at an affordable rate, so that parents can plan for...
- Disability Services
309. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which disability services for children are available throughout north County Kildare; the areas of...
- Youth Services
311. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he continues to liaise with youth group representatives in County Kildare, and throughout...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
312. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which his Department liaises with the Department of Education with a view to putting in place...
- Equality Issues
313. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he proposes to use equality as a means of ensuring proper and adequate services for those...
- Mental Health Services
314. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which the concerns of parents of children with mental health problems are regularly monitored with...
- Children in Care
315. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently in the various forms of care, institutional or otherwise; the degree to which...
- Emergency Accommodation
316. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of a facility in County Cork (details supplied). [26303/24]
- Department of Health
- Health Services Staff
317. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department will pay the increased public sector pay and arrears to Section 38 workers, in line with other public sector employees; and if he will make...
- Health Services
322. To ask the Minister for Health the process by which resource allocation group applications in CHO8 are received, assessed and decided by the HSE. [25905/24]
- Hospital Appointments Status
323. To ask the Minister for Health the reason surgery for a person (details supplied) was cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25907/24]
- General Practitioner Services
324. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any obligation on a GP to accept the newborn child of a private patient as a patient in their practice; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Nursing Homes
325. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent ESRI report entitled "Changes and challenges facing the Irish long-term residential care sector since COVID-19";...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
326. To ask the Minister for Health when a power wheelchair will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25919/24]
- Departmental Priorities
327. To ask the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to address the evolving issue regarding the current standards for what illnesses qualify as 'long-term' for those looking...
- General Practitioner Services
328. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the steps being taken to address the shortage of general practitioners in east Cork; and the targets for new positions to be created in the next...
- Mental Health Services
329. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update for local waiting times for counselling and psychotherapy services for adults, children and adolescents in east Cork, in tabular form,...
- Hospital Appointments Status
330. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent appointment at UHL can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25937/24]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
331. To ask the Minister for Health if new hearing aids will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25939/24]
- Health Services
332. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the work of an organisation (details supplied) dedicated to improving cardiovascular health and providing support services to people with a...
- Health Services Staff
333. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the urgent need for a dementia care nurse and services team in north Tipperary (details supplied); if he will seek further clarification from...
- Medical Cards
334. To ask the Minister for Health to review a case (details supplied); the reason this application was refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25954/24]
- Departmental Correspondence
335. To ask the Minister for Health to examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25963/24]
- Dental Services
336. To ask the Minister for Health if dental services will be for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25965/24]
- Hospice Services
337. To ask the Minister for Health for an update/timeline on the re-opening of day hospital services at a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25966/24]
- Medical Cards
338. To ask the Minister for Health if medical card holders are entitled to have the costs of blood tests covered under the GMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25969/24]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
340. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the requirement of an individual’s eye report for each application for reimbursement for low vision aids and the change in support for one...
- Cancer Services
341. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reducing the age of eligibility for breast cancer screening from 50 to 30 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25972/24]
- Hospital Appointments Status
342. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); if he will provide an update on this case; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Staff
343. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to staff shortages in radiography roles in Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin; if he is concerned by the knock on...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
344. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the special scheme of paid leave for healthcare workers who are suffering with long-Covid, which is due to expire at the end of this...
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
345. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns related to the high costs of registering to a board (details supplied) and other administrative costs; if he is...
- Hospital Appointments Status
346. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26002/24]
- Medical Cards
347. To ask the Minister for Health when a particular service (details supplied) will be operational again in view of the fact that it has been out of service for at least three weeks; and if he...
- Health Services Staff
348. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the lack of paediatric dieticians in the Dublin southwest area; if he will confirm where residents should go in the absence of local...
- Medical Cards
349. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of medical card holders under review at any one time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26009/24]
- Gender Recognition
350. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1536 of 17 January 2024, if the move to a new site for the National Gender Service has since been confirmed, as indicated...
- Home Care Packages
352. To ask the Minister for Health when employees of a section 39 company (details supplied) which tendered for homecare work will receive an increase in their standard hourly rate of payment...
- Health Services Staff
353. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is still committed to providing the services of a public health nurse in Fahan, County Donegal, following his confirmation that there were no...
- Medical Cards
354. To ask the Minister for Health if melatonin can be provided on the medical card to children with additional needs for whom it has been prescribed as the cost of accessing this is prohibitive...
- Medicinal Products
356. To ask the Minister for Health the reason pharmacies are experiencing a shortage of ipramol; the measures being taken to ensure there is a significant supply in pharmacies and hospitals;...
- Departmental Priorities
358. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to provide further supports and services for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia; if the HSE plans to recognise these Illnesses...
- Medicinal Products
359. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will recognise ankylosing spondylitis as a disease, as those suffering receive a disease modifying drug, however under the Social Welfare...
- Hospital Staff
360. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists, by grade, working in Clontarf Orthopaedic Hospital in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [26095/24]
- Hospital Charges
361. To ask the Minister for Health the amount collected in public car-parking charges at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [26096/24]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
362. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for admission to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire. [26097/24]
- Hospital Staff
363. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric neurosurgeons at CHI Temple Street in the years 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [26098/24]
- Mental Health Services
364. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 611 of 21 May 2024, for an exact breakdown of psychology posts, per grade, advertised for the north Lee, south Lee, west...
- Health Strategies
366. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on development of the National Sexual Health Strategy 2023-2030; the timeline he is working towards; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Staff
367. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to replace a surgeon (details supplied); what transition practices will be implemented once this surgeon leaves his post; and if he will...
- European Court of Justice
368. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the fines issued against his Department by the Court of Justice of the European Union for the period 2010 to date; and if he will...
- Departmental Funding
369. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1472 of 9 April 2024, the reasons for the differences between the list of organisations provided and those provided in...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
370. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the extension to the emergency department and new acute medical admissions unit at Mayo University Hospital; the timeframe to...
- Nursing Homes
371. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is willing to take over the full control of a nursing home (details supplied); what discussions have taken place on this matter; and if he will make...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
373. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) considering that it is urgently required; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
374. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on Graiguecullen health centre and the restoration of services there that were available pre-Covid, such as physiotherapy, eye tests,...
- Health Services Staff
376. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline, whilst noting the allocation of funding for an additional 34 WTE for the agencies involved in the HSE’s medicines pricing and...
- Alcohol Sales
377. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 877 of 11 June 2024, the timeline he is working towards for introducing regulations to ban a promotional practice...
- Primary Care Centres
378. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a primary care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26247/24]
- Health Services Staff
380. To ask the Minister for Health if posts (details supplied) will be filled; if so, when they will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26291/24]
- Cancer Services
381. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allocate €5.5 million core funding to the cancer support centres in Budget 2025 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disability Services
382. To ask the Minister for Health if funding announced recently to enhance support for children with disabilities in County Donegal came out of the same grant fund, namely the Children’s...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Fees
383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the plans to reduce fees for part-time students in third-level courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25927/24]
- Research and Development
384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the progress of the selections for the Board of Research Ireland, given that his Department, sought expressions of...
- Further and Higher Education
385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress, if any, in discussions with Ulster University in relation to support for students studying medicine at the Magee campus who would...
- European Court of Justice
387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the fines issued against his Department by the Court of Justice of the European Union for the period 2010 to date; and...
- Student Accommodation
388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update regarding his predecessor’s commitment to introduce legislation to ensure student accommodation leases are confined...
- Departmental Funding
389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown for funding provided to community training centres in the constituency of Dublin central for the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Control of Dogs
391. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development in view of the recent tragic accidents involving very powerful dogs, the plans to tighten the rules about permitted breeds and codes...
- Community Development Projects
394. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an application by an organisation (details supplied) to Pobal for funding for an additional full-time worker; and if she...
- European Court of Justice
395. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a breakdown of the fines issued against her Department by the Court of Justice of the European Union for the period 2010 to...
