Written answers
Thursday, 20 June 2024
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
4. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the work of Cuan. [26381/24]
- National Development Plan
6. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on progress being made under the NDP Justice Projects 2024-2026; and if she will make a statement on the...
- An Garda Síochána (1 comment)
9. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide Garda numbers for each district, and station in Wicklow for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she...
- Immigration Policy
15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the streamlining of the process between the work permit system and the Irish residence permit system; and if she...
- Prison Service
16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 41 of 22 February 2024, if the detailed assessment/report of the old Cork Prison facility...
- Programme for Government
18. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to broaden the range of convictions that can be considered spent. [26444/24]
- An Garda Síochána
21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the success or otherwise of recent Garda recruitment efforts; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Domestic Violence
22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the Domestic Abuse Intervention Policy review; the progress of same; and if she will make a statement on the...
- An Garda Síochána
23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda graduates who have been assigned to stations in Carlow 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Policies
25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional legislative measures that will be introduced to deal with the scourge of drugs throughout the country; and if she...
- An Garda Síochána
26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts being made by her Department to increase the number of Garda reserve members; and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Policies
27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the review of the rioting in Dublin has resulted in new approaches being put in place; and if there is a need to develop a...
- Middle East
28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 39 of 23 April 2024, for a status update on the number of people currently in Gaza who...
- Legislative Reviews
29. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 14 of 23 April 2024, the status of the independent review of part 4 of the Criminal Law...
- Departmental Policies
30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the planning which has been put in place to roll out the community safety plans; the approach which will be taken to their...
- Residency Permits
31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the online system for non-EEA migrants to renew their residence permit cards in Cork will be launched; if she is aware of...
- Judicial Appointments
32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to ensure an adequate number of district court judges are provided for across the State. [26443/24]
- International Protection
33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline her plans for improving the processing times for those seeking international protection in the State; and if...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Funding
44. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the community centre fund when it comes to existing centres getting investment for refurbishment/renovation; when the...
- EU Funding
45. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports that are in place from her Department to assist organisations that do not have the capacity to apply for and manage EU...
- Control of Dogs
47. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the new stakeholder group on dog control will publish its recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26379/24]
- Local Authorities
48. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on the considerable variation in output by local authorities in respect of funding provided under the local improvement...
- Departmental Funding
51. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the funding allocated to County Wicklow from her Department in the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will...
- Departmental Policies
53. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the mechanism to be deployed to deliver on the commitments in Our Rural Future - Rural Development Policy 2021 to 2025; and if she will...
- Broadband Infrastructure
55. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of connected hubs established in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26538/24]
- National Broadband Plan
56. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the present availability of the 300 high-speed internet hubs announced under the National Broadband Plan on 19 November 2019; the...
- Rural Schemes
57. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps which she is taking to address the backlog in local improvement scheme applications; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Schemes
58. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme will open for applications this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Control of Dogs
59. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she or her Department officials have had discussions with Cavan County Council and Monaghan County Council on dog control matters,...
- Departmental Schemes
60. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she expects drawdown of the ORIS 3 funding allocation of €445 thousand in respect of an amenity (details supplied) in...
- Departmental Programmes
62. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the local enhancement programme 2024, with specific regard to projects underway in Fingal, County Dublin; and...
- Control of Dogs
63. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department is considering additional measures in relation to the control of dangerous dogs; and if she will make a statement on...
- Island Communities
64. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 9 May 2024, the timeline for the publication of the progress update on the implementation of...
- Departmental Schemes
65. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she recognises that communities in larger counties such as Cork are being disadvantaged by the application process under CLÁR,...
- Departmental Policies
66. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a review of the initial town centre first initiatives is being undertaken; and if she envisages further development of the approach...
- Control of Dogs
67. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the working being carried out by the stakeholders’ group on control of dogs issues; and if she will make...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Birth Registration
69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign birth register application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26556/24]
- Passport Services
70. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26666/24]
- Diplomatic Representation
71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he continues to interact with the Egyptian authorities with a view to the release of her children by her husband into her...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Energy Conservation
72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a BER assessment will be carried out and a contractor appointed for works (details supplied) in view of the fact...
- Waste Management
73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures being taken to ensure the uptake of household bio-waste collection in apartment buildings; and if he has...
- Electricity Generation
74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to support microgeneration in apartment buildings. [26578/24]
- Wind Energy Generation
75. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he has taken to implement the motion passed by Dáil Éireann on 8 December 2021 regarding offshore...
- Departmental Policies
76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the additional measures that will be introduced to prevent the supply of a product in the State (details supplied); and...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
77. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the value of all contracts for goods or services purchased by the Defence Forces from Israel and Israeli-based firms over the past two years; to...
- Naval Service
79. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of all Irish Naval Service vessels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26620/24]
- Defence Forces
80. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update in relation to the current number of serving Defence Forces personnel and ongoing recruitment campaigns; and if he will make a...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Public Transport
82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce a 90-minute public transport fare in Galway, along the lines of the fare system currently in operation in Dublin;...
- Road Network
83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to report on the possibility of his Department re-evaluating the current speed limit on the Hazelhatch Road, Celbridge (details supplied);...
- Rail Network
84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans regarding space allocation on trains (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26590/24]
- Seirbhísí Iompair
85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport an bhfuil sé i gceist aige táille €2 a thabhairt isteach don limistéar timpeall ar Ghaillimh lena mbeifear in ann...
- Córas Iompair Éireann
86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he intends taking to ensure that retired CIÉ pensioners have adequate pensions, including providing Exchequer funding to...
- Road Projects
87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the amounts made available, and drawn down to date, to put in place bypasses for Castlemartyr and Killeagh on the N25 in east...
- Airport Policy
89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that, despite numerous representations on his part, aircraft from Western airfield constantly overfly the home of a person...
- Bus Services
90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if further consideration might be given to extending the bus services between Naas and Blanchardstown Hospital in order to obviate the...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Reliefs
91. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications made to the Revenue Commissioners to 1 June 2024 for the mortgage interest tax relief scheme on a county-by-county basis; if he will...
- Tax Code
92. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26592/24]
- Insurance Industry
93. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps his Department is taking to address the issue of inordinate insurance rates for thatched roof domiciles (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Housing Schemes
94. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is intended to change the conditions in relation to loan-to-cost ratio attaching to the help-to-buy scheme to allow people who could got get a loan of...
- Tax Code
95. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have, or will, investigate any tax liability persons might have following receipt of payments in lieu of making planning...
- Tax Data
96. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 292 of 9 April 2024 and 194 of 11 June 2024, if the projected carbon tax annual revenue provided in Parliamentary...
- Tax Code
97. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the upcoming changes to capital gains tax in the Finance Act will affect family businesses valued in excess of €10 million; if...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works
98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of contractors listed on the OPW’s contractors list over the past five years; the number of applications, the number of...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Business Supports
100. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the rationale for excluding businesses which pay their rates through their rental/lease agreement with a commercial landlord, to that...
- Departmental Policies
102. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is possible to employ a non-EU national (South-African) who has a PPS number and who has applied for a working permit in...
- EU Directives
103. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the EU Platform Work Directive will be transposed; whether primary legislation will be required; and if he will make a...
- Pharmacy Services
109. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide the starting point for the estimated calculation on a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Work Permits
110. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on a work permit application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26644/24]
- Business Supports
111. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of funding issued to businesses under phase 1 of the increased cost of business grant by close of scheme; and the amount...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) is being denied access to July summer provision; the reason a school is not being afforded flexibility in...
- School Staff
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when incremental credit and back pay will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26552/24]
- Schools Building Projects
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 30 April 2024, if the planning application for a school (details supplied) has been submitted to...
- Seirbhísí Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil dualgais reachtúla ar Bhoird Oideachais agus Oiliúna chun tacaíocht a chur ar fáil do ghrúpaí pobail...
- Schools Building Projects
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 12 June 2024, the position regarding the two lots outlined for Project Boyne; the order in which...
- Special Educational Needs
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action her Department is taking to assist a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26607/24]
- Schools Amalgamation
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the proposed merger of two primary schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26633/24]
- School Staff
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a staffing appeal by a school (details supplied) based on an increase in numbers during the school year which brings the school...
- School Funding
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the last time that the remote area grant for students from islands who have to travel to the mainland for education was increased; the present...
- School Accommodation
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding can be allocated to a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26637/24]
- School Transport
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the pay review for school bus escorts; the reason this was not carried out as part of the general public service review;...
- Schools Administration
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all options are being examined with a view to ensuring safe access and egress for children attending a school (details supplied); if the...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Schemes
132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options available to persons to cover a shortfall and complete necessary works for an individual who has applied for a...
- Insurance Coverage
133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps taken by his Department to address and resolve the issue of inordinate insurance rates for those inhabiting thatched...
- Defective Building Materials
134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the stage the review of a scheme has reached (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26576/24]
- Heritage Sites
137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being taken to protect a heritage site (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26593/24]
- Housing Schemes
138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses or apartments that have been purchased by the Housing Agency under the cost rental tenant in-situ scheme,...
- Heritage Sites
139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures his Department is taking to protect heritage sites from damage, particularly damage with malicious intent such as...
- Local Authorities
140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount that is allocated to all local authorities to enable the proper structural inspection of new houses; the...
- Defective Building Materials
141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses that were demolished and rebuilt under the original defective blocks scheme; the number that were...
- Vacant Sites
142. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a breakdown of the unpaid vacant site levies due to each local authority over the past five years, in tabular form; and if...
- Electoral Process
143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline any changes in policy or legislation which were made on foot of a 2015 decision of the Supreme Court (details...
- Traveller Accommodation
144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the PSEHRD assessment his Department has undertaken regarding reported difficulties by Travellers to open housing applications...
- Defective Building Materials
145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the defective block remediation scheme; the number of applicants in each of the qualifying...
- Housing Provision
146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on plans to deliver 1,500 social homes using modular building technology, including a list of projects...
- Housing Schemes
147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant and derelict homes brought back into use for each year from 2020 to 2023, under the following schemes...
- Housing Policy
148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is on target to complete action 2.10 of Housing for All to examine a system of holding rental deposits by...
- Departmental Contracts
149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount paid by his Department to external legal teams, HR specialists, accountancy firms and consultants in 2023; and if...
- Housing Schemes
150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown, by local authority, of the number of tenant-in-situ properties bought by local authorities since the measure...
- Housing Provision
151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes delivered by the LDA to date, broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26676/24]
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Code
152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person on carer’s allowance cannot undertake a full-time online course, given they will be undertaking...
- Community Employment Schemes
153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection it is intended to revise the rules of the Tús scheme to make it possible for participants to stay on the scheme...
- Social Welfare Schemes
154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether it is intended to change the rules of the RSS scheme in relation to the length of time a participant can stay on the...
- Social Welfare Code
155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if changes will be made to the condition regarding qualification for full carer’s allowance whereby people who are in...
- Social Welfare Payments
156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the old age pension appears to be the only payment administered by her Department which cannot be applied for...
- Social Welfare Schemes
157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the rural social scheme is currently under review; the number of participants and by extension the children supported...
- Social Welfare Payments
158. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for an exceptional needs payment by a person in County Kerry (details...
- Social Welfare Code
159. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the additional needs payment could be used to cover a shortfall for an individual who has applied for a housing adaptation...
- Social Welfare Payments
161. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an emergency exceptional needs payment can be made in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- State Pensions
163. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department has refused to accept the gifting of the proceeds of the then family home in the case of a person...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
166. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to indicate, in the case of a person (details supplied), if it is accepted that the application of the habitual residency...
- State Pensions
167. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will further review the pension application in the name of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Legal Aid
168. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the eligibility limits for civil legal aid since people whose sole income is derived from social welfare...
- International Protection
169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) can expect to hear the outcome of their application made for a labour market access; and if...
- An Garda Síochána
170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which her attention was drawn to alleged accessing of certain phone records by An Garda Síochána...
- Ukraine War
171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans that are in place to address the situation of beneficiaries of temporary protection in the State once the temporary...
- Restorative Justice
172. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding that has been made available for community dialogues and restorative justice programmes; and if she will make a...
- Naturalisation Applications
173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will issue a citizenship reference number to a person (details supplied). [26615/24]
- An Garda Síochána
174. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda automatic number-plate recognition app detects for heavy goods vehicle permit breaches; and if she will make a...
- Immigration Status
175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the up-to-date position in regard to residency in the case of a person (details supplied); if she might review the proposals in...
- Citizenship Applications
176. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Visa Applications
177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a Schengen visa can be offered to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26692/24]
- Ukraine War
178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to achieve leave to remain/citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Probate Applications
179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action being taken to address the issue of backlogs in the Probate Office; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- An Garda Síochána
180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of gardaí available throughout the country on a full-time basis; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Legislative Measures
181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the revised bail law legislation has been effective in preventing reoffending while on bail; and if she...
- Citizenship Applications
182. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action being taken to address the issue of backlogs in the processing of paper applications for citizenship; and if she...
- Crime Prevention
183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the work in progress to disrupt the activities of criminal gangs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26717/24]
- An Garda Síochána
184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of promotional positions waiting to be filled within An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement...
- Prison Service
185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which investment in rehabilitative training within the prison system continues to be made available to first-time...
- An Garda Síochána
186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí available throughout County Kildare and the State in general to respond to any needs of the general...
- Anti-Terrorism Measures
187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the international community remains alert to the activities of terrorist gangs throughout Europe and...
- Human Trafficking
188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the degree of people trafficking detected over the past three years to date; the action proposed or in hand to deal with the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Food Industry
189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, following the recent documentary aired by RTÉ on 12 June 2024 (details supplied), he will outline the actions being taken to...
- Forestry Sector
190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will intervene in a forestry matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26579/24]
- Agriculture Schemes
192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an ACRES payment will issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26638/24]
- Forestry Sector
193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the climate resilient reforestation scheme will be launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26656/24]
- Animal Breeding
194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will initiate a full audit into the alleged issuing of duplicate passports by an organisation (details supplied); and if he...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Childcare Services
195. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to address capacity in delivery of services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
196. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there has been any progress from the Cabinet committee on implementation of the UNCRPD (details supplied)....
- Mother and Baby Homes
197. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason an institution (details supplied) was not included in the mother and baby homes redress scheme; if he...
- Education and Training Boards
198. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that the Laois-Offaly Education Training Board youth service grant allocation is the lowest of...
- Department of Health
- Medical Aids and Appliances
199. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to the HSE for the provision of mobility scooters to suitable persons to increase their independence; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Appointments Status
200. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect a physiotherapist appointment at University Hospital Kerry, having been referred by their GP. [26551/24]
- Hospital Investigations
201. To ask the Minister for Health if the family of a person (details supplied) who died of a cardiac arrest on 19 August 2018 in Wexford, can finally be given an external report as to what...
- Tax Exemptions
202. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the reply by the Minister for Finance to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 11 June 2024; his further views on whether the VAT exemption for...
- Nursing Homes
203. 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. [26574/24]
- Home Care Packages
204. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people nationwide currently awaiting the physical provision of home care hours, by county and by waiting times, on a monthly basis, in tabular...
- Medicinal Products
205. To ask the Minister for Health the reason pegvaliase, a game-changing medicine for a handful of phenylketonuria patients, has taken more than four years to go through the various stages of...
- Hospital Appointments Status
206. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26595/24]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
207. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make the electronic monitoring sensor available for all patients with diabetes free of charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26647/24]
- Medicinal Products
208. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the availability of the drug skyrizi (risankizumab-rzaa) for patients with severe Crohn’s disease, given the delays due to price...
- Health Services
209. To ask the Minister for Health how inflation in healthcare costs in the public sector compared to general inflation between 2020 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Policies
210. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has plans to commission a comprehensive national study on the impact of housing conditions on health in Ireland; and if he will make a...
- Home Help Service
211. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for home help who have been approved in each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26662/24]
- Dental Services
213. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be implemented to improve health services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26677/24]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Education
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans, if any, to roll out greater numbers of Irish-language courses in third-level institutions. [26573/24]
- Third Level Fees
215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for inclusion of graduate entry medicine within the free fee's initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26623/24]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Community Employment Schemes
216. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if approval can be given to an application made by an organisation (details supplied) in order that the continued good works can...
- Local Authorities
217. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding provided by her Department to both Offaly and Laois County Councils from 2019 to date for building acquisition measures to...
- Harbours and Piers
218. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the progress in relation to Inis Oírr pier; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26563/24]
- Island Communities
219. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to improve services on the islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26564/24]
- Rural Schemes
220. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total amount of funding allocated to respective local authorities for all rural schemes provided in her Department, including town...
- Departmental Programmes
222. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which applications have been made under the LEADER programme, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Schemes
223. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans for interaction with local community groups dedicated to improving their respective locations in urban and rural areas...
- Library Services
224. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent of library support provisions she expects to be in a position to make nationwide in 2024; and if she will make a statement...
- Rural Schemes
225. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she will continues to address issues such as local connectivity in rural areas; and if she will make a statement...
- Departmental Schemes
229. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she plans to further enhance the town and village renewal scheme in order to improve and enhance the standard of...
- Defibrillators Provision
230. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the various funding channels open to community and sporting organisations that wish to acquire a defibrillator; and if she will make a...
- Control of Dogs
232. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development with whom responsibility lies to ensure owners of restricted breeds of dogs are aware of their obligations and responsibilities...
