Written answers
Tuesday, 25 June 2024
- Department of Education and Skills
- Further and Higher Education
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on plans to upgrade accommodation facilities at the Bray Institute of Further Education; to provide an outline for longer-term...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline details of current or proposed plans to create apprenticeships around the wind energy sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Student Accommodation
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to ensure accommodation providers retain 40-week tenancies for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Further and Higher Education
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the professions of planning; his plans, if any, to introduce measures to increase the number of planners who graduate with...
- Student Accommodation
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 39 of 23 May 2024, for an update on his plans to provide additional student accommodation units for students...
- Further and Higher Education
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work of his Department to encourage participation in social work and social care qualifications to greater empower Tusla, given the...
- Third Level Education
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what steps his Department is taking to increase participation in third level education among members of the Travelling community. [27021/24]
- Further and Higher Education
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged with the Cabinet or his European counterparts in relation to seeking a suspension of Israel’s participation in Horizon...
- Third Level Education
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how his Department plans to address the critical shortfall in mental health services for university students, which currently stands at one...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he has taken to reduce delays in apprenticeships in Cork. [27050/24]
- Further and Higher Education
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has undertaken any research aimed at determining from which faculty graduates are most and least likely to emigrate. [27022/24]
- Third Level Education
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the creation of terms of reference for the review of personal assistance services funded from the fund for students with...
- Further and Higher Education
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the areas of acute shortage of skilled workers in the public sector; and the initiatives he is considering to bridge the gap through instruments...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that apprentices in Cork are being offered phases in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27051/24]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if passport applications (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26760/24]
- Departmental Correspondence
89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will reply to correspondence from a person (details supplied). [26772/24]
- Passport Services
90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to expedite a passport application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26795/24]
- Cross-Border Co-operation
92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider part funding the running of Daisy Hill Hospital from the shared Ireland unit to allow it to serve the populations of east...
- Foreign Policy
93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the illiberal drift of the government of Georgia in recent months; and the steps, if any, Ireland proposes to take to...
- Passport Services
94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will examine and expedite a passport application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27077/24]
- Freedom of Information
97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of full-time and part-time contracted staff employed by his Department, and by any body or entity under the aegis of his...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Energy Conservation
98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when research independently produced by an organisation (details supplied) on the warmth and well-being pilot will be...
- Waste Management
99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the work his Department is carrying out with the National Waste Collection Permit Office to examine...
- Recycling Policy
101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will examine the case of a business in the hospitality sector (details supplied) which has had its deposit return...
- Inland Fisheries
102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an approved NGO observer at NASCO (details supplied) furnished any scientific evidence or data to his officials in...
- National Broadband Plan
104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to review a case (details supplied); if he will offer advice and investigate same; and if he will make a statement on...
- Fuel Poverty
105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the revised energy poverty action plan will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27114/24]
- Freedom of Information
106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of contracted staff, full-time and part-time, employed by his Department, and by any body or entity under...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
107. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence how information on medical questionnaires, sent to GPs by the Defence Forces when people apply to join, is treated by the Defence Forces; if...
- Freedom of Information
108. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of contracted staff, full-time and part-time, employed by his Department, and by any body or entity under the aegis of the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Bus Services
109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has had discussions with transport providers to increase the capacity of the bus network in the Crooksling area to...
- Public Sector Pensions
110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on efforts to resolve the on-going issues surrounding the Córas Iompair Éireann 1951 pensions scheme; and...
- Driver Licences
111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare cannot have their drivers licence issued in Irish as opposed to English; and if he...
- Road Safety
112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of incidents where cars were damaged by objects thrown from motorway overpass bridges in 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024;...
- Road Tolls
113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the mechanism for toll plaza responses to emergencies and the number of staff assigned to emergency response on motorways during weekdays...
- Taxi Regulations
114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport ,further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 14 May 2024, the way it can be justified that 2014 cabs can remain on the road while 2015...
- Public Transport
115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be addressed; if he will re-examine this route in line with points raised by...
- Air Services
116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of flights that have been delayed and rescheduled on the Donegal to Dublin and Dublin to Donegal route since January 2024; the...
- Driver Test
117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current waiting time for a driving test at specific locations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Air Services
118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the IAA’s passenger advisory group has not met since November 2022; when the group will be re-established; what actions...
- Bus Services
122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve bus services (details supplied) in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26959/24]
- Driver Test
123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting so long for a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27007/24]
- Road Network
124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will install cameras on the bridges over the M7 overpass in order to deter dangerous behaviour from persons on the bridges (details...
- Rail Network
125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the TFI proposed changes to train services. [27069/24]
- Road Traffic Accidents
126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vehicles that have traversed a road in County Mayo (details supplied); if any accidents were recorded on this stretch of...
- Insurance Coverage
127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27189/24]
- Freedom of Information
128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of contracted staff, full-time and part-time, employed by his Department, and by any body or entity under the aegis of the...
- Department of Finance
- Fiscal Data
129. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of debt currently being carried by those Tier 3 AHBs classified as on balance sheet; the implications of this debt for the general Government...
- Tax Code
130. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a tax incentive to support the unscripted television production sector; his views on the merit of introducing such a measure; and if he...
- Primary Medical Certificates
133. To ask the Minister for Finance when the terms and conditions of the primary medical certificate scheme will be amended to include single arm amputees; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defective Building Materials
135. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings that have taken place between his officials and officials in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to discuss...
- Financial Services
136. To ask the Minister for Finance the requirements that are in place for financial institutions in respect of lodgements made by customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27011/24]
- Tax Code
138. To ask the Minister for Finance whether a change to the capital gains tax, group B threshold will be reviewed and increased in Budget 2025, as it has not changed since 2010; and if he will...
- Legislative Measures
139. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 28 May 2024, what legal advice he has received concluding that he cannot exercise the prerogatives outlined in...
- Freedom of Information
142. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of contracted staff, full-time and part-time, employed by his Department, and by any body or entity under the aegis of the Department, who are...
- Tax Code
143. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received submissions regarding changes to the UK Independent Film Tax Credit incentive of 40% for independent feature films; whether he intends to...
- Illicit Trade
144. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will conduct research or an annual survey on illicit vapes similar to the Revenue Commissioners’ ‘illegal tobacco products...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works
145. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of English and Manx heritage card users who accessed OPW sites per year from 2014 to date; and the estimated revenue they...
- Court Accommodation
149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the refurbishment works scheduled to be carried out on Carlow Courthouse railings during 2024; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Sector Pensions
150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the changes to public service pensions introduced for pre-1995 public servants; the number of public servants affected by...
- Freedom of Information
151. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of contracted staff, full-time and part-time, employed by his Department, and by any body or entity under the aegis of the...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Business Supports
152. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a query regarding the rent freeze during Covid will be examined (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Work Permits
154. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a work permit for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26821/24]
- Business Supports
155. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses that successfully applied for the increased cost of business scheme grant, by each local authority, in...
- Employment Rights
156. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if workers in the security industry are guaranteed pay rises, as per the employment regulation order (details supplied); and if he...
- Work Permits
157. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the new IT system to allow workers employed using the work permit system to a change of employer will be in place. [27084/24]
- Company Closures
158. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide the numbers on the opening of new retail businesses and closure of such businesses; and whether there is any evidence of...
- Ticket Booking Fees
161. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the increasing trend of applying dynamic or surge pricing models in the sale of tickets for music...
- Industrial Development
162. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagements that he, or any representative of his Department or associated State agencies, have had with management of a company...
- Freedom of Information
163. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of contracted staff, full-time and part-time, employed by his Department, and by any body or entity under the aegis of the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding can be made available to July provision for second-level schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26726/24]
- Schools Building Projects
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on her Department's engagement with the Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board concerning the potential site...
- School Staff
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision in relation to a school (details supplied) which is due to lose a mainstream class teacher from the beginning of...
- Special Educational Needs
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the handwriting assessment that would be accepted by a primary school as the basis to use a laptop (details supplied). [26759/24]
- Site Acquisitions
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an accurate timeline on a site acquisition (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26763/24]
- Schools Building Projects
170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26801/24]
- Special Educational Needs
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools participating in the summer programme for 2024, by county, including a full list for County Dublin, in tabular form; and if...
- Schools Building Projects
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision on an application by a school (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26820/24]
- School Transport
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has further considered lifting the age ban on Bus Éireann drivers over the age of 70 years; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Enrolments
175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to ensure sufficient primary school places for the growing population of Sallins. [26851/24]
- Schools Building Projects
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new school build for a school (details supplied); the proposed commencement date for building; and if she will make a statement...
- School Staff
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available for teachers with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26891/24]
- Teaching Qualifications
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a teacher in County Cork (details supplied) will be eligible to register under route 4 with the Teaching Council; and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the funding for and delivery of the new building for a school (details supplied). [26895/24]
- School Facilities
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the commencement date for urgent works required at a school (details supplied), specifically its requirement for an...
- School Curriculum
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the election process of proportional representation is covered under the CPSE curriculum in the junior cycle; and if she will make a statement...
- School Facilities
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she would consider engaging with two secondary schools in Dublin (details supplied), as regards moving to one co-educational school as there...
- Capitation Grants
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26983/24]
- School Staff
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider measures to prevent the loss of a teacher at a school (details supplied) for the 2024-2025 academic year. [26990/24]
- Special Educational Needs
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the cut in funding to schools providing the summer programme; if she will reverse this decision as a matter of urgency; and if she...
- School Textbooks
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the schoolbook grant allocation to schools is reduced if a slight increase in enrolment numbers occurs; and if she will make a statement on...
- Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a cuireadh torthaí an taighde ar an haonaid lán-Ghaeilge faoi bhráid na Roinne/COGG; cén fáth go bhfuil an...
- Schools Building Projects
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will contact a school (details supplied) to clarify the status of two related applications for emergency works where a revised...
- Special Educational Needs
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the senior cycle programme for students with additional needs will be ready; if her Department will attend to this as a matter of urgency;...
- School Staff
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review the 1973 determination by her Department in respect of administrative time for teaching principals [27085/24]
- School Funding
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to enhance the ancillary grant for primary schools [27086/24]
- Special Educational Needs
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate the allocation of SNAs for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27092/24]
- School Staff
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 28 May 2024, if a duplicate of the notification can be sent to a person (details supplied),...
- Schools Building Projects
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project (details supplied) which was granted permission on appeal by An Bord Pleanála in 2021 and to make a...
- School Enrolments
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the current waiting list for the 2024-2025 school year at a school (details supplied); the number of places by which the school will...
- Special Educational Needs
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for the establishment of an ASD unit in a Donegal school (details supplied) has been received; when a decision will be made;...
- School Transport
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 281, 282 and 283 of 16 April 2024, the projected additional cost to the Exchequer each year from 2024 to...
- Special Educational Needs
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application for an autism class by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27140/24]
- Schools Building Projects
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in relation to accommodation works for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27154/24]
- School Funding
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will conduct an independent analysis of primary and post-primary school funding. [27155/24]
- Schools Building Projects
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for emergency works funding a school (details supplied) for the repair and replacement of the existing septic tank system...
- Freedom of Information
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of contracted staff, full-time and part-time, employed by her Department, and by any body or entity under the aegis of the Department,...
- School Staff
212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a payroll issue in relation to a person (details supplied) will be resolved urgently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27257/24]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Public Sector Pensions
213. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will provide for a pension (details supplied) to be paid into an Irish bank account as no valid reason has been...
- Film Industry
214. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of State funding that was invested in a facility (details supplied); if the funding invested was protected by any...
- Arts Centres
216. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the budget vote subheading from which funding for her Department’s pilot artist workspaces scheme has been provided; the...
- Departmental Policies
217. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department’s plans to promote inclusive nightlife; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26798/24]
- Sports Funding
219. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will bring forward the date of allocations for sports capital funding in order that construction in the summer months can...
- Departmental Funding
220. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports in place for a centre in Carlow (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26991/24]
- An Ghaeltacht
221. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici staidéar teangeolaíochta a dhéanamh ar an tionchar a d’fhéadfadh a...
- Film Industry
222. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is considering the development of a regional filming strategy, that covers both infrastructure and funding, over a ten-year...
- Sports Funding
223. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht with regard to the national sports policy 2018 to 2027 and in respect of Action 23 (details supplied), if he will provide the...
- Freedom of Information
225. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of contracted staff, full-time and part-time, employed by her Department, and by any body or entity under the aegis of...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Defective Building Materials
227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the publication of the general scheme, or full Bill, to underpin the Celtic Tiger-era building defects...
- Housing Schemes
229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if child maintenance will be disregarded from the housing assistance payment and differential rent scheme assessment operated...
- Turbary Rights
231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline, with regard to turbary rights and to the SAC area of Cloghane in County Kerry, the process by which a...
- Heritage Schemes
232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional funding can be given for a thatching grant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Housing Schemes
233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the accessibility of the LDA cost rental model for those living with disabilities if they can only receive a...
- Vacant Properties
237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 18 June 2024, if the information from the vacancy survey project supported by his...
- Laboratory Facilities
238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider reopening local authority laboratories on a regional basis to test for building materials and for...
- Marine Protected Areas
239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27018/24]
- Planning Issues
240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out his response to the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee commentary on the Planning and Development Bill 2023, in...
- Defective Building Materials
242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how the defective concrete block scheme will be rolled out in housing estates; for guidance as to how the defective concrete...
- Financial Irregularities
243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has had any contact in person or in writing within the past six months with the secretary of an organisation (details...
- Urban Development
244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the details of the €31.9 million urban regeneration and development fund for several projects in Tallaght...
- Departmental Data
246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the women who are being accommodated in women’s refuges throughout the State are being recorded in the homeless...
- Local Authorities
247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to review the local authority constituency boundaries; the factors to be taken into account when considering this...
- Housing Schemes
248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline, with regard to the local authority shared ownership scheme, and given the obligation on local authorities...
- Freedom of Information
249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of contracted staff, full-time and part-time, employed by his Department, and by any body or entity under the aegis...
- Housing Schemes
250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of applications for the secure tenancies affordable rents fund, by local authority area and number of units...
- Defective Building Materials
251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the situation regarding retrospection should there be an increase in the cap under the defective blocks scheme; and if he will...
- Electoral Process
252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reform the information candidates are required to display on their election posters; and if he will make a...
- Derelict Sites
253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of the membership of the derelict sites working group; when the report of the group will be published; if...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Payments
254. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the blind allowance pension is reduced when a person reaches State pension age; and if her Department will rectify...
- Social Welfare Appeals
255. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Schemes
256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will offer free or subsidised use of the Passage East car ferry connecting County Wexford with County Waterford to...
- Social Welfare Payments
257. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on an application by a person (details supplied) for carer’s allowance; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
258. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual cost of the benefit payment for 65-year-olds; the projected cost over the coming years; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
259. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on a social protection appeal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26793/24]
- Social Welfare Payments
260. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, given the unseasonably cold and wet weather throughout April, May and to date in June, and the consequent necessity for...
- Social Welfare Appeals
263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a breakdown of the current timeframes for a decision on an appeal for each social welfare payment; and if she will...
- School Meals Programme
264. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a list of names of the six DEIS urban band 1 schools which were declined breakfast club funding in 2023/2024....
- Social Welfare Appeals
265. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the outstanding response from the appeals section on an application by a person (details supplied)...
- Legislative Measures
267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if legislation will be enacted before the summer recess, with approval now from the Cabinet, on the Supreme Court’s...
- Social Welfare Benefits
268. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total spend on the dental treatment benefit scheme in 2010; the cost to maintain 2010 levels of spending on the scheme...
- Social Welfare Appeals
269. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a carer’s allowance appeal will be finalised for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Freedom of Information
271. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of contracted staff, full-time and part-time, employed by her Department, and by any body or entity under the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Travel Documents
273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the evidence that exists of passports or other international travel documents being thrown in bins or flushed down toilets in...
- Antisocial Behaviour
274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to respond to concerns raised by a local organisation (details supplied) in respect of the anti-social behaviour that is...
- Citizenship Applications
275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26761/24]
- An Garda Síochána
276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of arrests from Raheny Garda station within the DMR in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will...
- Prison Service
288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently in prison for the offence of theft from the person and due to be released in 2026 and 2027, in...
- An Garda Síochána
289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons arrested and charged with residential burglary within the R district of the DMR in 2023 and to date in...
- Prison Service
290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of senior psychologists and staff grade psychologists recruited into the Irish Prison Service in 2023 and to date in...
- An Garda Síochána
291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of each category of public order training courses held for gardaí within the DMR to date in 2024, in tabular...
- Residency Permits
293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the review of the criteria for residency permits for medical professionals, as outlined in correspondence...
- Joint Policing Committees
294. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has provided updated guidelines to local authorities if they should re-establish joint policing committees; and if she...
- Visa Applications
295. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current waiting times for de facto partner visas. [27070/24]
- Legislative Programme
298. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the criminal justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022 will return to Seanad Éireann; if...
- Family Reunification
299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to alter the time limit beyond the current 12 months during which a refugee or a person with subsidiary protection...
- Asylum Seekers
300. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a repatriation agreement remains in place between Ireland and Nigeria; if not, when the agreement ended; the number of...
- Visa Applications
301. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications, the time taken for a decision and whether the decision has been to grant or refuse applications for...
- Freedom of Information
302. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of contracted staff, full-time and part-time, employed by her Department, and by any body or entity under the aegis...
- Prison Service
303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners in each prison on 31 May 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [27255/24]
- Wards of Court
304. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of wardships that have been discharged since the introduction of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015...
- Immigration Status
305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will approve an appeal for regularisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27298/24]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Coillte Teoranta
306. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details relating to insurance claims Coillte has had for all licensed and unlicenced cycling events on its property since...
- Public Sector Pensions
307. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a pension will be paid to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26753/24]
- Agriculture Schemes
308. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the basis upon which site clearance grants under the RUS scheme was determined as reflecting a cost of €2,000 per hectare; and...
- Departmental Funding
311. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 13 June 2024, while those granted aid by his Department from 1990 are all eligible for...
- Animal Welfare
314. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the location to which horses at a facility (details supplied) were transported; the conditions in which they were transported; for...
- Animal Slaughtering
316. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to publish the necessarily-stringent criteria used to appoint a person as a welfare officer to a company handling and-or slaughtering...
- Animal Welfare
317. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the work that an organisation (details supplied) carries out, and its desire to provide a...
- Fishing Industry
318. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will immediately engage with the producer organisations representing the Irish fishing industry to discuss their concerns about...
- Energy Infrastructure
319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 282 of 18 June 2024, to list the 31 PV installers referenced in his response and the total...
- Food Industry
320. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an operating licence was granted to the current operator of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Animal Slaughtering
321. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 18 June 2024, if he will remove the time criterion of the declaration for operators of...
- Animal Welfare
324. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animal welfare checks that were made at a company (details supplied) since the start of its operations; to provide the...
- Animal Slaughtering
325. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animal-welfare checks that are made on slaughterhouses and any properties involved with them in holding animals each...
- Animal Welfare
326. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will establish, immediately, a register of those convicted of animal cruelty or neglect, in order to preclude them...
- Animal Slaughtering
329. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will now undertake a complete animal welfare audit of all slaughter facilities; if he will publish the findings of same; and if...
- Ministerial Staff
330. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that Irish grown wool scarves given by the Irish Grown Wool Council to Ministers attending St. Patricks Day parades...
- Freedom of Information
331. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of contracted staff, full-time and part-time, employed by his Department, and by any body or entity under the aegis of the...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Maternity Leave
332. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will allow maternity leave and benefit to commence at the discretion of the mother in cases where the...
- Assisted Decision-Making
333. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the significant challenges relating to the discharge of wards in line with the provisions of...
- Disability Services
334. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the development of a formal policy on respite, including agreed access and prioritisation...
- Care Services
337. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the Farrelly Commission, investigation into the care home in the south east; when the report will...
- Residential Institutions
338. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he proposes to take to prevent the destruction, export, disposal, or concealment of records, documents...
- International Protection
339. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 645 of 11 June 2024, the number of persons that exited IPAS each month...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
340. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the work of the Inter-Departmental Group on the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the...
- Disabilities Assessments
341. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason children (details supplied) have been waiting a long time for an assessment of needs; and if he will...
- Mother and Baby Homes
342. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason an applicant (details supplied) was only awarded a standard compensation payment, and not the...
- International Protection
343. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm that access to homeless services is permitted for those Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary...
- Disabilities Assessments
344. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for an assessment of needs; the timeline for same; and...
- Childcare Services
345. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has any initiatives planned to address the staffing crisis in the childcare sector resulting in widespread...
- Child Protection
346. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to set out the oversight procedures in place for privately contracted individuals providing complex parental...
- Disabilities Assessments
348. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive a HSE assessment of need; and if he will make a...
- Child and Family Agency
349. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the procedure by which complaints to Tusla are being examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- International Protection
350. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine the case of a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27079/24]
- Childcare Services
351. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current status for parents who secured a childcare place for their child, paid a large deposit and whose...
- Departmental Funding
352. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what funding is available for the development of new playgrounds in villages where there are none; and if he...
- Freedom of Information
353. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of contracted staff, full-time and part-time, employed by his Department, and by any body or entity...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
354. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on preparations to ratify the Optional Protocol to the UNCRPD in light of the...
- International Protection
355. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 647 of 11 June 2024, the average duration spent in IPAS accommodation to...
- Department of Health
- Healthcare Policy
358. To ask the Minister for Health if he has read the report produced by an organisation (details supplied) on the warmth and well-being pilot scheme; if he will confirm the link between poor...
- Health Services Staff
360. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses employed by the HSE covering the Dublin south central area (D6w/8/10/12); the number of vacancies in each; and to provide a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
361. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on when the Covid inquiry will commence. [26734/24]
- Nursing Homes
362. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE transitional funding will be paid to a nursing home for the care of a patient in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- General Practitioner Services
363. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the problem facing a GP’s surgery (details supplied); the efforts being made to provide residents with a general practitioner; and if...
- Hospital Staff
364. To ask the Minister for Health if the embargo on recruiting HSE staff has been completely lifted; if nurses are being hired for hospitals; the number of nursing jobs that are currently...
- Hospital Facilities
365. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of disease-protected hospital beds in Ireland, by hospital, region and disease category, in tabular form. [26750/24]
- Hospital Staff
368. To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-consultant hospital doctor posts which are currently unfilled at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; the total number of NCHDs at the...
- Hospital Facilities
370. To ask the Minister for Health the latest update on the extension to the emergency department and new acute medical admissions unit at Mayo University Hospital; the timeframe to for the...
- General Practitioner Services
371. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients seen in the SouthDoc Blackpool centre, excluding those seen in their own homes by a doctor, in each month to date in 2024 and in each of...
- Healthcare Policy
375. To ask the Minister for Health the key dementia policy initiatives that he and his Department have taken in the past year to improve supports for people with dementia; and if he will make a...
- Dental Services
376. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients with Sjögren's disease who have availed of complex care under the dental treatment services scheme in each of the years since 2020,...
- Hospital Facilities
379. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 523 of 20 February 2024, his plans for the future location of the main laboratory for genetic testing in Ireland, which...
- Ambulance Service
380. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent paramedics employed by the National Ambulance Service in each of the years 2019 to 2023, in tabular form; the number of...
- Home Care Packages
381. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the home care package application for triplets (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26807/24]
- Health Services
382. To ask the Minister for Health to review a case (details supplied); if he can provide any advice or support on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26808/24]
- Hospital Services
383. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will consider part-funding the running of Daisy Hill Hospital to allow it serve the populations of east Monaghan and north Louth. [26811/24]
- Primary Care Centres
385. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the building previously used as the Donard health centre, County Wicklow; if his Department proposes to bring the centre back into use;...
- Mental Health Services
386. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels in CAMHS in Cork in each month of 2024, in tabular form. [26833/24]
- Health Services
387. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the rollout of spinal muscular atrophy testing under the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme; when he expects the first baby to be...
- Hospital Procedures
388. To ask the Minister for Health if minutes are taken at the multidisciplinary meetings at St. James Hospital; if those minutes are published; and is there a record of attendees. [26844/24]
- Legislative Programme
389. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the public health obesity Bill committed to in the Programme for Government; the timeline for publication of the draft heads; and if he will make...
- Hospital Services
390. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients over 70 and over 80 years, respectively who are deemed by the St. James’s Hospital multidisciplinary meetings consensus decisions...
- Cancer Services
392. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of multidisciplinary meetings at St. James Hospital, if it is the normal procedure to inform patients by letter if their cancer cannot be treated...
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
393. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to increase funding and capacity for public PrEP services, such as those at the GUIDE clinic at St. James’s Hospital. [26860/24]
- Mental Health Services
397. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inspectors currently working for the Mental Health Commission; how many inspectors will be needed for the proposed expansion of the Mental Health...
- Health Services
400. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 21 May 2024, when a response will issue in relation to the question (details supplied). [26869/24]
- Health Strategies
401. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the possibility of testing for chagas disease in bone marrow donations in order to facilitate those from Latin America to make...
- Substance Misuse
402. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the review of the Drug and Alcohol Taskforce Handbook. [26873/24]
- Health Strategies
409. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people working in the drugs policy unit in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form. [26880/24]
- Health Services
410. To ask the Minister for Health if he has identified gaps in service provision through the interactive map; and how he intends to resolve these. [26881/24]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
411. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the funding for, and delivery of, the new clinical unit for the central remedial clinic co-located within a school (details supplied)....
- Dental Services
412. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for orthodontic treatment will be facilitated for a child (details supplied); when an appointment will be given; and if he will make a...
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
413. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be an increase in funding and capacity for public PrEP services, such as those at the GUIDE clinic at St. James’s Hospital; and if he will...
- Health Services Staff
421. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has found a way to expedite the hiring of new public health nurses; and the status of childhood developmental checks across the Dublin 8 and...
- Health Services
422. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to address the two-tiered system in cancer treatments (details supplied). [26909/24]
- Medical Cards
423. To ask the Minister for Health if a child under 16 years with a full medical card is entitled to free dental fillings; if not, where a parent who cannot afford a private dentist can seek...
- Health Services
424. To ask the Minister for Health the length of the waiting list for physiotherapy for bone and joint issues at St. Vincent’s University Hospital; if it is correct that a referred...
- Nursing Homes
425. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on engagements surrounding a nursing home in Dublin mid west (details supplied); if the HSE is considering taking charge of the nursing...
- Health Services Staff
426. To ask the Minister for Health for an update regarding the public health nurse service in the Lucan area of Dublin mid-west; if staff shortages are still impacting service delivery; if child...
- Addiction Treatment Services
429. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons to contact the HSE for assistance with problem gambling, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26925/24]
- Mental Health Services
432. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychologists employed in psychology in primary care (counselling/educational/clinical) for those under 18 years of age, by county, in tabular...
- Addiction Treatment Services
437. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a map of drug and alcohol services in provision in each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26933/24]
- Primary Care Centres
438. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the status of a primary care centre in Tullow; if the HSE intends to incorporate existing provision of therapists into a new centre or...
- Addiction Treatment Services
439. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drug liaison officers in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26935/24]
- Mental Health Services
440. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on mental health supports for those experiencing homelessness, given a report (details supplied) which found a rise in the numbers of those...
- Hospital Appointments Status
441. To ask the Minister for Health when a clinical assessment of a person (details supplied) will be carried out at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medicinal Products
444. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the licensing and reimbursement of jorveza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26957/24]
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
445. To ask the Minister for Health whether there are plans to increase funding and capacity for public PrEP services such as those provided at a clinic in St. James’s Hospital (details...
- Mental Health Services
449. To ask the Minister for Health the total spending by the HSE on independent and privately run mental health centres, in each of the years 2021 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form....
- Addiction Treatment Services
451. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to tackle the rising numbers of drug related deaths; if he is aware that Ireland topped the EU table for drug deaths with more than four...
- Hospital Appointments Status
452. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be seen by a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Cappagh; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Staff
453. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm if a derogation can be used for the conversion of agency staff to permanent staff where that conversion would reduce agency expenditure; and if he...
- Health Strategies
454. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to expand the range of tests carried out under the national newborn bloodspot screening programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
455. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people who attended a lung rapid access clinic; and the absolute number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals...
- Health Services
459. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an overview of funding, initiatives and capital works that have been approved and delivered in County Clare since the current Government...
- Medicinal Products
460. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for current and continued investigations on providing approval for a medication (details supplied) on the drugs payment scheme; and if he will...
- Dental Services
461. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists taking part in the dental treatment services scheme; the number who have discontinued in each of the past three years; his plans to...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
462. To ask the Minister for Health the training provided to parents of children with type 1 diabetes in Saint Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny on the use of insulin pumps; if there is a shortage...
- Health Services Staff
463. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a position within the HSE (details supplied) that had been funded for recruitment and selection, but the selected candidate...
- Medicinal Products
464. To ask the Minister for Health when veoza will be made available on the drug payment scheme and the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27105/24]
- Home Care Packages
465. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will confirm the number of people on panels in each CHO area concerning home care positions with the HSE; the number of directly employed homecare...
- Mental Health Services
466. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the shortcomings of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service whereby children with behavioural issues who have reduced school attendance...
- Dental Services
467. To ask the Minister for Health if the €5 million funding announced in Budget 2023 to support the HSE public dental services in addressing backlogs in children’s and special...
- Hospital Staff
473. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the work to rule with union staff (details supplied) at UHW; and if there has been engagement by HSE to move the dispute into the dispute...
- Cancer Services
474. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons pembrolizumab is reserved for the first-line treatment of certain cancers; the reason it is not approved for those currently receiving second-line...
- Health Services Staff
475. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 35 of 13 June 2024, to outline the grades and positions that will be filled as part of the funding allocation for the...
- Cancer Services
476. To ask the Minister for Health the number of skull base surgery cases performed in 2023 and to date in 2024 in Beaumont Hospital, Cork University Hospital and the South Infirmary Victoria...
- Health Services
477. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the privatisation of the NowDoc service in Donegal; if the service is being taken out of the hands of the HSE to be run by a private provider...
- Medical Cards
478. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HAA cards currently in existence. [27147/24]
- Health Services
479. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of services provided under HAA. [27148/24]
- Health Services Staff
480. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of vacant medical post vacancies in the CHO7 area, categorised by position, in tabular form; and the total number of assigned medical posts in...
- Hospital Facilities
481. To ask the Minister for Health the actions his Department is taking to tackle the lack of beds at Letterkenny University Hospital; to provide, in tabular form, the number of patients who...
- Hospital Staff
482. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE emergency department nurses in Our of Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this...
- Hospital Services
484. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CT, x-ray and MRI scanners currently in use at Sligo University Hospital. [27166/24]
- Mental Health Services
485. To ask the Minister for Health the operational costs of running a CAMHS team, including a breakdown of staffing, by WTE. [27167/24]
- Hospital Staff
486. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeons at Beaumont Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [27168/24]
- Hospital Facilities
488. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Kilcreene Orthopaedic Hospital, Kilkenny, in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [27170/24]
- Hospital Staff
489. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical nurse manager 2s based in the special care baby unit at Portlaoise Regional Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular...
- Health Services Staff
490. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE HSE home help carers in County Wicklow, in tabular form. [27172/24]
- Hospital Staff
491. To ask the Minister for Health the number of student midwives offered positions at the maternity unit at University Hospital Waterford in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form....
- Health Services Staff
493. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists working in Clare primary care services in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [27175/24]
- Health Services
494. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by Monaghan Hospital on private medical and other healthcare services for public patients in 2023 and to date in 2024. [27176/24]
- Hospital Staff
495. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE theatre nurses based in St. Vincent's University Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [27177/24]
- Hospital Equipment
496. To ask the Minister for Health the number of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation devices currently available in Galway University Hospital. [27178/24]
- Hospital Staff
497. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE emergency medicine registrars based at the minor injuries unit at Mallow General Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and...
- Hospital Services
501. To ask the Minister for Health the number of births that occurred in the maternity unit of Portiuncula University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [27184/24]
- Healthcare Policy
505. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the implementation of the patient voice partner policy to ensure that patient advocates are supported in the work that they do. [27206/24]
- General Practitioner Services
506. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to issues relating to a lack of clear pathways for referral, or complications with referrals, between GPs and menopause hubs;...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
507. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for colposcopy examinations in each of the past five years and, separately, in each of the past 24 months, in tabular form; and if he...
- Dental Services
508. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on progress to provide a plan to a child (details supplied) that will allow for the urgent completion of their orthodontal...
- Freedom of Information
512. To ask the Minister for Health the number of contracted staff, full-time and part-time, employed by his Department, and by any body or entity under the aegis of the Department, who are...
- Pension Provisions
513. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a significant delay for persons who have retired from employment from section 38 voluntary organisations and voluntary hospitals to receive...
- Tobacco Control Measures
514. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase the number of tobacco and vape test purchase checks for ID, given the recent ban on under-18 vape sales and concerns that there are no...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Apprenticeship Programmes
517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if apprenticeships will be made more attractive for young people given the shortage of people taking up trades. [27268/24]
- Research Funding
522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the publication of the review on the status of PhD researchers, that is, classification as either students or employees, has been...
- Further and Higher Education
524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether reducing the financial burden on students in higher education institutions and their families is urgently required; if he...
- Freedom of Information
525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of contracted staff, full-time and part-time, employed by his Department, and by any body or entity under the aegis of the Department,...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an apprenticeship for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27245/24]
- Third Level Admissions
527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he continues to pursue the objective of providing more graduates in both the academic and technical sectors in the future; if...
- Education and Training Provision
529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills arising from his discussions with the academic and technical sectors, the extent to which he satisfied that adequate provision continues to be...
- Education Policy
530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if this jurisdiction is likely to experience a shortage of graduates in the future within a particular area to meet the demand of the...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of apprentices currently available; the extent to which this is sufficient to meet requirements; his plans to introduce any new...
- Third Level Education
532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure continued access to third-level for all students seeking to avail of education at this level; and if he will make a statement...
- Bullying in Educational Institutions
535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which provision continues to be made to eliminate bullying throughout the educational sector in both the academic and technical...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Registration of Deaths
536. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current regulatory framework that applies to funeral directors and crematoriums; and if he plans to introduce legislation to...
- Community Development Projects
537. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on an urgent application to the Community Services Programme for a facility (details supplied). [27264/24]
- Library Projects
540. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the notifications given to her Department for the provision of a library in Mahon/Blackrock. [26818/24]
- Freedom of Information
541. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of contracted staff, full-time and part-time, employed by her Department, and by any body or entity under the aegis of the...
