Written answers
Wednesday, 26 June 2024
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Freedom of Information
4. To ask the Taoiseach 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 specifically...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Diplomatic Representation
5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to deepen Ireland’s diplomatic presence in Australia and New Zealand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27475/24]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Energy Conservation
6. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the grant available to retrofit and upgrade a home; if a grant was availed of before regarding one aspect of the...
- National Broadband Plan
7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the National Broadband Service will be brought to Ticknevin, Carbery, County Kildare, as residents have been told...
- Energy Conservation
8. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans to reduce the wait time for free energy upgrades (warmer homes scheme); and if he will make a...
- Energy Policy
9. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the specific measures his Department is taking to use surplus renewable energy that is current being wasted; if he plans...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
11. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 11 June 2024, if he can clarify that the reply he gave was in relation to the year 2024, as this was...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Network
12. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided to Cork City Council for the resurfacing and repaving of the John F. Connolly road. [27404/24]
- Road Traffic Offences
13. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider making changes to payment methods for those issued with speeding fines in Ireland but who live in a foreign country,...
- Rail Network
14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans in relation to catering services on Iarnród Éireann train services; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Transport Policy
16. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will engage with the Department of Social Protection with regard to the extension of the free travel scheme for car...
- Public Transport
17. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on his proposals to expand Local Link services in County Monaghan; if the village of Smithborough will be added to the...
- Road Projects
18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the communication he has had on a project in County Kildare (details supplied); the number of meetings he has attended in relation to...
- Rail Network
19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the new train fares for the Dublin commuting zone to be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27385/24]
- Road Projects
20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a project will commence in County Kildare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27386/24]
- Driver Test
21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of people currently awaiting a driving test in each of the Cork centres; and the average wait time in each, in tabular form....
- Road Projects
22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the Mallow northern relief road. [27423/24]
- Driver Test
23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a fee waiver of the driver theory test for those on the disability allowance (details supplied) [27441/24]
- Road Tolls
25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount paid by all drivers who drove through each toll road within the State in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in...
- Driver Licences
26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider making arrangements whereby Irish people with driving licences obtained while living abroad could avail of some form of...
- Rail Network
27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans, if any, to add Athy, Monasterevin and Newbridge to the extended commuter area, as the cost of train fares from these stations...
- Traffic Management
28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that can be taken to ensure tractors use a by-road (details supplied) specifically provided and not the motorway, thus...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Data
29. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of homebuyers in each county who have availed of the help-to-buy scheme since July 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Clearance Certificates
31. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a tax clearance certificate has not issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27331/24]
- Insurance Coverage
32. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the practice of insurance companies to increase car insurance premium renewals based on specific addresses of the policy owners, while not...
- Middle East
33. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 28 May 2024, the basis on which Ireland does not impose restrictive measures unilaterally; if this is a matter of...
- Tax Code
35. To ask the Minister for Finance his response to the recommendations relevant to his Department of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Budgetary Oversight’s ‘Examination of the...
- Tax Data
41. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be generated from applying a 1.2% levy on revenues of energy company, as has been introduced in Spain; and if he will make a...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works
42. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of Castletown House Estate, County Kildare; when the OPW will return to the site to undertake maintenance and upkeep...
- Flood Relief Schemes
43. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the Glanmire flood relief scheme. [27405/24]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- National Minimum Wage
44. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he expects to act on the Low Pay Commission recommendation that sub-minimum youth rates of the national minimum wage be...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite a request for a modular build ASD class for a school (details supplied). [27306/24]
- School Staff
46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 37 of 19 June 2024, if her attention has been drawn to concerns of school principals regarding the 30...
- Special Educational Needs
47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to delays in processing applications in the assistive technology scheme (details supplied); her plans to address...
- School Accommodation
48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application for additional accommodation for a school in County Mayo (details supplied); the exact stage this application is...
- Special Educational Needs
49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child has not been offered a special school place (details supplied). [27376/24]
- Schools Building Projects
50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected timeframe for the completion of new school buildings (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27400/24]
- School Textbooks
51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the 2024 free schoolbooks capitation per pupil has been reduced from €96 in 2023 to €80 in 2024; if she is concerned that...
- School Discipline
52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a change in the terminology assault leave to injury leave in the case where a teacher is injured by a pupil in a special...
- Schools Building Projects
53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application for an additional school building (details supplied) in County Cork. [27430/24]
- National Educational Psychological Service
54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a psychologist will be appointed by the National Educational Psychological Service to a school (details supplied); to provide an update to...
- School Funding
55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to concerns raised by primary school principals on 19 June 2024 (details supplied) in relation to inadequate...
- School Staff
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will review the allocation of release days for teaching principals in order that there would be a sliding scale of allocations;...
- Educational Disadvantage
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of concerns raised by DEIS school principals in relation to their additional funding being spent on day-to-day school expenditure...
- School Textbooks
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on the level of funding allocated to schools under the free schoolbook scheme, per pupil; the number of books and workbooks...
- School Funding
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools which have been afforded less than €1,000 in their ancillary grant funding after the secretary budget had...
- Special Educational Needs
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to reports of primary schools still being asked to carry out educational needs assessments for children, despite...
- School Staff
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of unqualified teachers who have taught classes in schools in Cork and Dublin in the 2023-2024 school year; and the length of time each...
- School Discipline
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of reported assaults on SNAs and SET teachers; and the number of SNAs and SET teachers on assault leave, from 2019 to date, in tabular...
- Special Educational Needs
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SNA training will be reviewed in order that SNAs receive a level of training before they enter the classroom. [27454/24]
- Teaching Qualifications
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has explored the provision of a post-graduate primary school teaching degree through public universities, as the cost of the...
- National Educational Psychological Service
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when schools in an area (details supplied) will have access to services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27459/24]
- School Accommodation
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the overcrowding and lack of space at a school (details supplied) will be addressed; when the pupils there will have a PE hall again; and if...
- Schools Building Projects
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the building of a school (details supplied) which was due for completion in 2020. [27462/24]
- Special Educational Needs
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current training provided for teachers in disabilities and difference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27465/24]
- School Accommodation
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently approve the application for additional accommodation made by the board of management of a school (details supplied); and if...
- School Funding
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine per-capita allocation for schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27517/24]
- School Staff
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the auxiliary grant will be urgently reassessed to ensure it adequately covers the wages for secretarial staff as well as cleaning and...
- School Funding
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional resources and funding will be provided for schools integrating refugee and asylum-seeking children, ensuring they receive the...
- Special Educational Needs
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of SENOs in CHO7; and if that number will be increased in light of the current extensive waiting lists for assessments. [27561/24]
- School Transport
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a school bus ticket (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27572/24]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Sports Facilities
85. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if additional funding will be provided to local authorities to assist with the purchase of additional playing and sports facilities...
- Sports Events
86. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline any anticipated expenditure as a result of Euro 2028; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27625/24]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Wind Energy Guidelines
87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to an exchange during Leaders Questions on 21 May 2024, the timeframe set out in the Climate Action Plan 2024 for when...
- Housing Schemes
88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if further funding will be provided this year to local authorities in respect of a programme (details supplied); and if he will...
- Wildlife Protection
89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the NPWS will be prosecuting a retailer who was selling illegal electronic traps in breach of the Wildlife Act 1976 snares...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of land in hectares purchased by the National Parks and Wildlife Service in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; the county...
- Planning Issues
92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Nature Restoration Law and associated legislation will in no way impact on planning applications for farming related...
- Housing Provision
93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of people currently on the housing list in County Kildare; the number in the month of June in each of the past three...
- Housing Schemes
94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects a project to be completed in County Kildare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Vacant Properties
95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of officials employed in the vacant homes unit in his Department in each of the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in...
- Derelict Sites
96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of officials employed in the derelict sites unit in his Department in each of the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in...
- Housing Provision
97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units owned by each local authority, in tabular form. [27390/24]
- Local Authorities
98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing officers currently employed by each local authority, in tabular form. [27391/24]
- Departmental Data
99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of changing places toilets available nationally, by location and date of opening, in tabular form. [27440/24]
- Housing Schemes
100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application for the croí cónaithe house refurbishment grant (details supplied) will qualify for the scheme;...
- Greenways Provision
101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a walking trail proposal will be facilitated by Met Éireann (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Fuel Poverty
102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has engaged with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, SEAI, ESB and EirGrid regarding the...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Payments
103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current average processing times for all social welfare payments; the number of applications received for each payment;...
- Social Welfare Appeals
105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average wait time for a social welfare appeal. [27336/24]
- Social Welfare Schemes
106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend free travel for car passengers to include the cost of a car on the Passage East ferry linking Passage...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the eligibility criteria for the back to work enterprise allowance (details supplied); and if she will...
- Social Welfare Code
108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her response to the recommendations relevant to her Department of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Budgetary...
- Social Welfare Payments
109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the accommodation recognition payment to accommodate refugees from Ukraine is taken into account in the means test for...
- Social Welfare Appeals
110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on an appeal submitted by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27421/24]
- Pension Provisions
111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a surviving partner (details supplied) of a long-term cohabitating couple is entitled to a widower’s pension; and...
- Social Welfare Appeals
112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for carer’s allowance in the name of a person (details supplied) which is now under appeal, relative...
- School Meals Programme
113. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of students at primary, post-primary and in other organisations that were provided with free hot school meals in...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Government plans to change the eligibility for carer’s allowance to include those who are on a community...
- Social Welfare Schemes
117. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of the fuel allowance scheme for each of the past four years; the associated cost of the scheme; and...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- International Protection
118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to publish her Department’s feedback to the International Protection Office on the potential designation of Algeria as a...
- Residency Permits
119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will reconsider the decision to require Limerick students to travel to Dublin to obtain their Irish residence permit...
- Departmental Priorities
120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to follow England and Northern Ireland in introducing pet abduction legislation to make this a specific criminal...
- Prison Service
121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 349 of 28 May 2024, if she has delegated her powers under the Criminal Justice (Temporary...
- An Garda Síochána
123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of young people processed through the Garda youth diversion programme for possession of a drug in each of the past...
- Coroners Service
124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 20 May 2024, the position regarding the ongoing review of the coroner’s...
- Passport Services
125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration has been given to setting up a portal for gardaí and the Passport Office to register their signing of...
- Property Management Companies
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a register of owners’ management companies (OMCs) or an OMC regulator will be established to register OMCs and help...
- Citizenship Applications
127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on an application for citizenship (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Prison Service
128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline her plans to provide additional prison places throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on...
- Road Safety
129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of hours that speed camera vans are assigned to the K district in the Cabra and Blanchardstown areas compared to...
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason An Garda Síochána has failed to fully cooperate with operation Newham in terms of failing to provide a...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Common Agricultural Policy
131. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Nature Restoration Act will not be linked in any way to pillar one payments under CAP in the current programming period and in...
- Agriculture Schemes
132. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he expects a decision to issue on a TAMS II application for a person in County Mayo (details supplied), given the supporting...
- Horse Racing Industry
133. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1284 of 17 January 2024, the number of approved slaughter facilities; the locations of each;...
- Animal Slaughtering
134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 25 April 2024, the breakdown of the figure of 1,998 equines slaughtered in 2023 at...
- Horse Racing Industry
135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of injured horses that have been killed at Irish racecourses to date in 2024, with a breakdown into type of injury and...
- Greyhound Industry
136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds injured in racing and trials to date in 2024, with a breakdown into type of injury; the date and location...
- Animal Slaughtering
137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle sold through livestock marts that were subsequently slaughtered within 20 days, in tabular form; and if he will...
- Animal Diseases
138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of herds currently restricted for TB in which cattle were purchased in the previous two years, in tabular form; and if he...
- Agriculture Schemes
139. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will increase the budget for the dairy beef scheme 2024 in light of the number of applications; and if he will make a statement...
- Animal Slaughtering
140. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on deficiencies in veterinary inspections at the slaughter facility featured in TV reports (details supplied); the measures...
- Beef Sector
141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of registered cattle dealers and agents in Ireland; the inspection regime for same including the frequency of inspections,...
- Agriculture Schemes
143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the methodology used to establish the reference costs under TAMS; and to provide the data used to determine the changes in the last...
- State Bodies
144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total funding, by organisation, paid to An Bord Bia, Teagasc, and two organisations (details supplied) in 2022 and in 2023. [27412/24]
- Animal Diseases
145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what research is being carried out into developing a vaccine for tuberculosis in bovine animals; and if he will make a statement on...
- Nitrates Usage
146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who applied for the nitrates derogation in Ireland in 2023; the average income of those farmers; and the...
- Horse Racing Industry
147. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify whether the irregularities in client accounts at an organisation (details supplied) have been addressed or not;...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Disability Services
148. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a person (details supplied) diagnosed with autism has been let down by the health services; and if he...
- Departmental Schemes
149. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the schemes available through his Department to enable the provision of new facilities and the upgrading of...
- Child Protection
150. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who have died while either in the care of Tusla, or while on the child protection...
- Direct Provision System
152. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons currently in direct provision in Ireland; and the number of whom are children. [27345/24]
- Disability Services
155. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to advise a person (details supplied) of the day services available in their area as they have lost both their...
- Health Service Executive
156. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Section 38 organisations funded by the State in 2007; and if the number of Section 38...
- Departmental Expenditure
158. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the State has purchased a building (details supplied); if so, from whom; how much this building cost; what it...
- Disability Services
159. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the areas in which occupational therapy services have been piloted in schools; whether those pilots have been...
- Department of Health
- Health Service Executive
163. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27302/24]
- Health Strategies
164. To ask the Minister for Health the preparations his Department and the HSE are making to ensure that every baby in Ireland is tested for spinal muscular atrophy in the National Newborn...
- Vaccination Programme
165. To ask the Minister for Health how long-Covid and immunocompromised patients can access novavax vaccines (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27305/24]
- Health Services
166. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons screened by CervicalCheck in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [27313/24]
- Health Service Executive
167. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases taken against the HSE/letters of claim, for the misreading of smear tests in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular...
- Health Services
168. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CervicalCheck smear test samples sent to foreign laboratories for testing in each of the past five years and to date in 2024; and if he can...
- Abortion Services
170. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of adverse incidents reported to the national incident management system which related to termination of pregnancy in each of the past six...
- State Claims Agency
171. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of adverse incidents reported to the State Claims Agency which related to the Health Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy Act 2018 in each...
- Mental Health Services
173. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the pre-budget submission from an organisation (details supplied) regarding the urgent need to develop a dementia specific counselling...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
174. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure of the National Treatment Purchas Fund on patient care in private and public hospitals respectively, in 2022 and 2023. [27321/24]
- Departmental Data
175. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure on the Cross-Border Directive in each of the years 2020 to 2023, and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [27322/24]
- Departmental Schemes
177. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure on the treatment abroad scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2023, and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [27324/24]
- Departmental Expenditure
179. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure on contracting out radiotherapy treatment for public patients to private providers in each of the years 2020 to 2023, and to date in...
- Organ Donation
180. To ask the Minister for Health if it is intended that Beaumont Hospital’s live kidney donor programme will be expanded to accommodate organ donations from non-directed altruistic...
- Health Service Executive
181. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27348/24]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
185. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position with the provision of a new hospital in County Kildare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27380/24]
- General Practitioner Services
186. To ask the Minister for Health to consider using out-of-hours services or 24-hour access doctors to deal with the long delays medical card patients are having in accessing an appointment...
- Addiction Treatment Services
187. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the reopening of Keltoi; the date funding was applied for; and the date that a decision on this application is expected. [27392/24]
- Healthcare Policy
190. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the regulation of vaping flavours. [27398/24]
- Mental Health Services
191. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the dialectical behavioural therapy day service for dual diagnosis. [27399/24]
- Primary Care Centres
192. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the primary care centre in Glanmire. [27401/24]
- Vaccination Programme
195. To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken by the HSE to ensure long-Covid and immunocompromised patients can access Covid-19 booster vaccines, in particular a vaccine (details...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
196. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for appointments with orthopaedic surgeon consultants in each of the Cork hospitals, in tabular form. [27416/24]
- General Practitioner Services
198. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the shortage of GPs in Cork who perform vasectomies; his Department’s plan to ensure that individuals will not be forced to pay...
- Healthcare Policy
199. To ask the Minister for Health his Department's work on providing statutory home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27463/24]
- Ambulance Service
200. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a submission (details supplied) regarding ambulance cover in Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27498/24]
- Departmental Funding
201. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure the continued funding for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27499/24]
- Medical Cards
202. To ask the Minister for Health to improve the medical card application procedure (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27501/24]
- Ambulance Service
203. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure all public sector pay increases are awarded to members of the National Ambulance Service without further delay. [27502/24]
- Health Services Staff
204. To ask the Minister for Health to examine anomalies within the HSE with regard to access to further training and professional development (details supplied). [27504/24]
- Ambulance Service
205. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the operation of the regional ambulance response system within the midlands region; if this system is still under review; and if his...
- Disease Management
206. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults with type 1 diabetes attending Letterkenny University Hospital, Mayo University Hospital, and Galway University Hospital; the number of...
- Health Services Staff
210. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of advanced nurse practitioners working in the area of paediatric diabetes services; where they are based by hospital; if there are plans to...
- Mental Health Services
212. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clients referred to the north Lee, south Lee, west Cork and north Cork child and adolescent mental health psychology services for each of the...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
213. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people using Medtronic insulin pumps in each county in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [27542/24]
- Hospital Procedures
218. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new insulin pump starts done in each of the hospitals within the CHI Hospitals Group (CHI Crumlin, CHI Temple Street, CHI Connolly in...
- Disease Management
225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications that were received by the HSE LHO and the primary care reimbursement service for continuous glucose monitoring systems (details...
- Health Strategies
226. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to extend the national cancer strategy, which has two years remaining to run; and the measures in place to address the €180 million cumulative...
- Cancer Services
227. To ask the Minister for Health the plans, if any, in place to address the failure to increase the percentage of participants in the FIT test for the early detection of bowel cancer, which...
- Home Care Packages
228. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care hours undelivered for the years 2023 and to date in 2024 in CHO7 and nationwide, in tabular form. [27570/24]
- Disease Management
229. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a parent with two children (details supplied) and others with type 1 diabetes who are on Medtronic sensors must now replace the sensor at their own...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Education and Training Boards
230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when all ETB tutors can expect their new contracts to be issued. [27328/24]
- Grant Payments
232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that applied for a SUSI grant in each of the years 2015 to 2024; the number of students that were granted and refused a...
- Departmental Correspondence
233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of letters and emails he has received regarding students that had issues with their SUSI grant applications in each of the past five...
- Grant Payments
234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who sought a SUSI grant on the grounds that they were estranged from their parents in each of the past ten years, in...
- Education and Training Boards
235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to an organisation (details supplied) in Kilkenny which is currently not accessible to one of its participants;...
- Education Costs
236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if student contribution fees will be abolished for all incomes under €55,924 from September 2024 (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Local Authorities
237. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if local authorities are required to make the local improvement scheme financial contribution for community-amenity LIS roads; and if...
- Departmental Programmes
238. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department can assist a committee (details supplied); if she will review a document from the committee; the other funding...
