Written answers
Tuesday, 2 July 2024
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he will take to screen members of the Defence Forces for misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic, or racist attitudes that could make...
- Military Neutrality
78. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to bring legislation to end the triple lock to Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28214/24]
- Defence Forces
79. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the recruitment targets in place for the Defence Forces in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28134/24]
- Naval Service
80. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is aware that a member of the Naval Service was convicted in 2023 of gender-based violence that left their victim, their former partner,...
- Tribunals of Inquiry
82. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 21 of 6 May 2024, the details of the resources allocated to the tribunal of inquiry to examine the...
- Defence Forces
83. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress to date in advancing the recommendation of the Commission on the Defence Forces, with particular reference to the locations of...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
92. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline the responsibilities and powers of the Minister of State with responsibility for EU Affairs and Defence; and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces
93. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces members who were recruited despite with criminal convictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28227/24]
- Official Engagements
96. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on his attendance at a conference (details supplied) in May 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28138/24]
- Defence Forces
98. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the progress being made in the investigation into the death in Lebanon of a UNIFIL soldier (details supplied)....
- Naval Service
102. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel who have left the Naval Service to join the private sector since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Defence Forces
104. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the action he is taking to drive cultural change in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28148/24]
- Oireachtas Committees
105. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he intends to allow the Oireachtas Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee to scrutinise proposed participation in further PESCO missions and...
- Defence Forces
106. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the actions he will take to improve pay and conditions in the Defence Forces given that one in four members quit the force in the past 27...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- State Bodies
110. To ask the Taoiseach if his attention has been drawn to the fact that according to the CSO, at end December 2023, 25 public corporations (with liabilities exceeding the 0.01% GDP threshold)...
- Departmental Policies
111. To ask the Taoiseach the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020. [27970/24]
- Passport Services
113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application (details supplied) will be reviewed and expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27979/24]
- EU Meetings
114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he had a bilateral meeting with his Croatian counterpart at the most recent EU Foreign Affairs Council Meeting. [28076/24]
- Diplomatic Representation
115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on recent activities of the Irish Consulate General based in Hong Kong, including staffing numbers. [28077/24]
- Military Neutrality
117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he intends to publish the discussion paper and accompanying letter he wrote to NATO seeking closer cooperation; and if he will make a...
- Passport Services
118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport for a person (details supplied) will issue in time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28288/24]
- United Nations
119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will advocate for the inclusion of gender apartheid in the proposed United Nations treaty to codify crimes against humanity; and if he...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Disaster Response
120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has engaged with the Attorney General in relation to the Whiddy Island disaster; and to provide details on the...
- Fishing Industry
121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there have been discussions between the inland fisheries division and Inland Fisheries Ireland regarding the...
- Waste Management
122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if private waste providers are required by regulations to provide compost bins to householders; if they are permitted...
- Recycling Policy
123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department will conduct an audit of all sites owned/rented by Government Departments for a feasibility study on...
- Departmental Policies
124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27960/24]
- Legislative Programme
125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if any amendments have been made to the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983, and in particular section 46;...
- Postal Services
126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he is next scheduled to meet formally with the CEO of An Post. [28087/24]
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 35 of 20 June 2024, if it has been brought to his attention that a universal...
- Waste Management
128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will notify local authorities of the exemption dates for agri-burns; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
129. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of individuals dismissed from the Defences Forces owing to court sentences received by them, over the past ten years. [27818/24]
- Departmental Policies
130. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27957/24]
- Tribunals of Inquiry
131. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the tribunal of inquiry will publish its advice on legal representation for those wishing to engage with it, including the necessary...
- Defence Forces
132. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the ages of each of the horse box vehicles currently in use by the Defence Forces equitation school; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Air Corps
133. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are plans to purchase Boeing Chinook HC6 type of helicopter for the Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter; and if he...
- Defence Forces
135. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if it is standard procedure for members of the Defence Forces to be suspended while either being under investigation or being prosecuted for...
- Sports Organisations
143. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will detail the circumstances allowing sports organisations operating on the Curragh Plains in County Kildare to fence in their...
- Defence Forces
144. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which issues relating to pay and conditions with the Defence Forces have been resolved or are under review; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Budgets
154. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the budget available to his Department remains sufficient to meet requirements in the course of the coming year; and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces
155. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Air Corps and the Naval Service continue to cooperate in air or sea rescue missions; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Transport Policy
156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of local authority areas that are actively endorsing shared mobility as a transport option for commuters; and if he will make...
- Driver Test
157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a list of the pass and failure rate for the small public service vehicles test for applicants from County Donegal and in all...
- Air Services
158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the IAA can provide figures for assistance received by PRMs since 2019; the proportion of this assistance that was pre-notified; the...
- Road Projects
160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reconsider the urgent concerns of the Durrow community and all parties who are affected by the dangers presented by the N52...
- Public Transport
161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value of performance-related penalties issued to each public transport provider by the National Transport Authority in 2023 and in...
- Electric Vehicles
162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an electric scooter (details supplied), which is intended for use as a mobility scooter by the owner, is classed as an e-scooter under...
- Departmental Policies
163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27972/24]
- Departmental Data
165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of cars travelling 10,000km or less per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28053/24]
- Departmental Contracts
166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of contracts (details supplied) that have been awarded to carry out services on behalf of his Department in 2023 and to-date...
- Driver Test
167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of people that have passed the area knowledge module of the SPSV driver entry test for the past five years, by county, in...
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland
168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if local authorities must request approval from TII when tendering for maintenance and improvement works on the national road network; if...
- Bus Services
169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider extending local link services to Smithborough and, in particular, to provide services to Monaghan town; and if he...
- Road Network
170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided to each local authority for the purpose of local road resurfacing and maintenance in each year 2020-2024 inclusive,...
- Rail Network
171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made in providing two platforms and a passing loop at Oranmore railway station; whether it is intended to provide a loop...
- Department of Finance
- Fiscal Policy
172. To ask the Minister for Finance if he shares the concern expressed in a pre-Budget 2025 submission by an organisation (details supplied) on levels of debt distress in low-income countries;...
- Departmental Funding
173. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of State funding that was invested in a facility (details supplied); if the funding invested was protected by any proviso regarding future sale of...
- Tax Code
174. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps the Government is taking to reform the taxation of personal investments for individuals, and if he will consider introducing a scheme similar to the...
- Tax Reliefs
175. To ask the Minister for Finance if a relief can be extended (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27912/24]
- Tax Exemptions
176. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will increase an exemption (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27913/24]
- Question Heading for question(s) 177
177. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend threshold groups (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27914/24]
- Departmental Policies
179. To ask the Minister for Finance the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27961/24]
- Insurance Industry
180. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any processes in place to ensure that insurance providers of long-term illness cover have a robust policy on fitness to work, assessing in an...
- Tax Code
181. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the exemption limit to deposit interest retention tax; the last time a formal review of this limit took place; and if he will make a...
- Housing Schemes
182. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will urgently re-examine an application for the help-to-buy scheme on behalf of a person (details supplied). [28061/24]
- Revenue Commissioners
183. To ask the Minister for Finance the new equipment received by the Revenue Commissioners that were funded by The European Anti-Fraud Office under the Hercule III Programme in 2022, 2023 and...
- Universal Social Charge
184. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of reducing the first rate of USC from 0.5% to 0.25%, reducing the second rate of USC from 2% to 1% and increasing the threshold...
- Tax Code
185. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider adding persons in circumstances (details supplied) to inheritance group A; if not if he will create an exemption under an inheritance tax...
- Tax Reliefs
186. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of individual taxpayers who claimed tax relief on postgraduate fees in the years 2022 and 2023; the value of refunds in both years, in tabular...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Policies
187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Government Department that will have responsibility for covering all costs related to the construction and running of the proposed...
- Public Sector Pensions
188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to amend the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 and the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme...
- Departmental Policies
189. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27967/24]
- Office of Public Works
190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a breakdown of all spending to date by the OPW on the National Children’s Science Centre; and the expected final cost...
- Public Sector Pensions
191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has examined reintroducing a supplementary pension for members of the Defence Forces recruited since 2013; and if he will make a...
- Flood Relief Schemes
192. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the proposed flood relief works by the OPW at Annagh, Lisnagry, County Limerick. [28291/24]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Flexible Work Practices
193. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of cases which have come before the WRC regarding the right to request remote working since the publication of the WRC...
- Departmental Policies
194. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27959/24]
- National Minimum Wage
195. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has read a report (details supplied); if, in view of that report, it is possible to estimate the cost of phasing out sub-minima...
- Employment Rights
196. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a new Employment Regulation Order for the security guarding sector, which will increase the minimum hourly rate of pay, is...
- Work Permits
197. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the renewal fee for general employment permit applications, in view of the fact that the renewal fee is greater...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a revised completion date for a school (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27873/24]
- Home Schooling
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children, by county, who availed of the home tuition grant scheme 2023-2024 special education component; and if she will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 32 of 15 May 2024, if he will examine the case for placement of a child (details supplied); and if she will...
- Schools Administration
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns identified by school principals in relation to professional burnout and an excessive administrative burden (details...
- Pension Provisions
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine a pension matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27885/24]
- Special Educational Needs
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional supports could be put in place at a facility (details supplied) for a student who has a diagnosis of autism and an intellectual...
- School Enrolments
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the situation whereby several children are due to repeat sixth class due to the lack of secondary school places in special education...
- Schools Building Projects
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the contract for a school (details supplied); when a contractor will be appointed; when work will commence on site; and if she will...
- Departmental Policies
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main policy achievements of her Department since 27 June 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27958/24]
- Family Support Services
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if court order child maintenance only extends to dependents until they reach the age of 18 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Facilities
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if measures are in place to address the overcrowding and lack of access to appropriate facilities for the students at a school (details...
- Special Educational Needs
216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) will be entitled to 20 hours of SNA support when they start secondary school, on the basis that it has been...
- School Discipline
217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide information on section 29 school expulsion appeals undertaken at post-primary level in each of the past five years, including details...
- School Attendance
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school attendance notices issued by the Educational Welfare Service on an annual basis for the past five years. [28027/24]
- Schools Administration
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's plans and intentions for formal recognition by her Department of post-primary parental representation at a national level...
- Education Welfare Service
223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide information on the authorised staffing complement of the Educational Welfare Service of Tusla, including details of the number of...
- Industrial Relations
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the progress that has been made in 2024 regarding the post-primary-level teacher relocation scheme including engagements...
- School Facilities
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schedule of the projects contained within ‘Project Boyne’; the corresponding stage they are at to date; the estimated year in...
- School Admissions
226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has completed an assessment of the actual requirement of school places for September 2024 in the Greystones and Kilcoole area...
- Home Schooling
227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the levels of home tuition support approved for September 2024 versus the levels approved for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and...
- School Staff
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's plans to address the current teacher shortage in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28114/24]
- School Admissions
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a school place for a child (details supplied). [28238/24]
- School Transport
230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an exception can be made for a child (details supplied) who does not have transport to school; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Projects
231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the building works for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28249/24]
- School Staff
232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce a support scheme for teachers and special needs assistants assaulted during their work, which would include the provision...
- Schools Building Projects
233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of contacts being maintained with a DEIS school (details supplied) in respect of the proposed building programme; and if she will make...
- School Accommodation
234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the additional school accommodation scheme in respect of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- School Patronage
235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to indicate the distribution of the current primary schools and pupil numbers across the different patronage bodies; and the extent to which...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the evolution of the pupil-teacher ratio at primary level and at secondary level since 1990. [28301/24]
- Disadvantaged Status
238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to indicate the evolution of DEIS schools since 1990 at primary and at secondary level, identifying the number of schools and of pupils at each...
- Education Standards
240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the data obtained from schools on pupil accomplishment in reading, mathematics, and so on; the frequency with which it is collected;...
- Education and Training Boards
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision was made to remove the requirement for fluency in the Irish language for the position of director of schools within the ETB; and...
- School Staff
242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an employee (details supplied) who has been deemed unfit for work by her Department, but has also not been permitted to apply for...
- Special Educational Needs
243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 28 May 2024, if she will act as liaison with the NCSE to attempt to find a place for the child in...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Arts Policy
244. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how a person seeking funding for literary projects relating to climate change can apply under the Creative Climate Action Fund....
- Departmental Policies
245. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the main policy achievements of her Department since 27 June 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27971/24]
- National Cultural Institutions
247. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she expects to fill the chairperson post at the National Concert Hall; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28098/24]
- Sports Facilities
248. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of an application for funding by an organisation (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a...
- Sports Organisations
249. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware of any concerns regarding the way athletes are treated in the rowing programme at the National Rowing Centre; and...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Schemes
253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications made under the first-home scheme by tenants with a notice to quit; and the number approved. [27828/24]
- Road Network
254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to consider reviewing the impact of roads policies brought in by Transport Infrastructure Ireland on local authority policy...
- Electricity Supply Board
255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that electricity reconnections are causing delays in the return to use of vacant council-owned homes. [27869/24]
- National Parks
256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the up-to-date position of consultation with NPWS and the ESB on an area in Cork (details supplied) in finalising the...
- Housing Schemes
257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, where a person obtains a housing aid for older people or SEAI grant, they can still apply and qualify for croí...
- Departmental Policies
259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27965/24]
- Housing Schemes
260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount spent on HAP, RAS and leasing programmes in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27976/24]
- Disability Services
261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports that are available for persons with disabilities or significant medical conditions (details supplied) whose...
- Rental Sector
262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the review of the rental accommodation scheme will be published ahead of Budget 2025. [27990/24]
- Energy Policy
264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the targets set and actual numbers realised for the local authority energy efficiency retrofit scheme from 2020 to 2024, for...
- Land Issues
265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options available to a landowner whose land was designated as SAC without notification; and if he will make a statement on...
- Rental Sector
266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has examined the possibility of allowing mortgage to-rent-tenants buy back their home using incremental...
- Approved Housing Bodies
267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the provision of funding to local authorities and approved housing bodies to fund remediation of defective...
- Housing Policy
268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the progress of Actions 7.1 to 7.6 of Housing for All, to date, and other actions his Department is...
- Housing Provision
269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority housing allocations for people with disabilities in the years 2023-2024, broken down by...
- Housing Policy
270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if child benefit is disregarded in the income assessment for social housing eligibility. [28170/24]
- Water Services
271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement his Department has had with Uisce Éireann and Cork County Council to date in 2024 in advancing a water...
- Homeless Persons Supports
272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 343 of 25 June 2024, if he will confirm that access to homeless services is permitted to...
- Housing Schemes
273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the application process for housing aid and housing adaptation grants (details supplied). [28284/24]
- Approved Housing Bodies
274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason staged payments via SHIP and SALF are possible for local authorities and approved housing bodies (AHBs) to make...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Pension Provisions
275. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provisions in place for community and voluntary organisations to support them financially when the auto-enrolment into...
- Social Welfare Payments
276. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Social Insurance
277. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address an issue in respect of participants on CE schemes being levied with a higher PRSI contribution (details...
- Redundancy Payments
278. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27847/24]
- Social Welfare Payments
279. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to detail the process for jobseeker's payment claims (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Policies
282. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the main policy achievements of her Department since 27 June 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27969/24]
- Social Welfare Payments
283. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total amount spent on rent supplement in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27977/24]
- Social Welfare Schemes
284. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider allowing persons with a diagnosis of fibromyalgia and in receipt of disability allowance on this basis,...
- Paternity Leave
285. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of individuals who have taken up paternity leave in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will...
- Rental Sector
286. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what protections or controls are in place to ensure that private landlords in counties where rent levels are lower are not...
- Pension Provisions
287. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of a review in the case of a person (details supplied) who has applied for a...
- Social Welfare Payments
288. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding the refusal of carer's allowance to a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
- School Meals Programme
289. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding inclusion of a school (details supplied) in the hot school meals programme for the coming school year;...
- Pensions Reform
290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the rule whereby her Department will only accept proof of the civil registration of a marriage and not...
- Social Welfare Benefits
291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if decision to rescind household benefits payment can be reviewed, with a view to reinstating payment in the case of a person...
- Social Welfare Appeals
292. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) who, having had their application for an invalidity pension...
- School Meals Programme
293. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if gluten-free meals will be provided under the school meals programme, similar to the nut-free policy; and if she will make...
- Social Welfare Payments
294. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28323/24]
- Social Welfare Code
295. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider introducing assistance with the cost of domestic waste disposal as part of the household benefits...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Fire Safety
296. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the establishment of the Interdepartmental Group to consider what further regulatory measures may be...
- An Garda Síochána
297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of individuals dismissed from An Garda Síochána owing to court sentences received by them, over the past...
- Personal Injury Claims
299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the operation of the scheme of compensation for personal injuries criminally inflicted, to ensure that...
- Prison Service
300. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the long-term plans for the progression unit in Mountjoy Prison; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Policies
301. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the main policy achievements of her Department since 27 June 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27966/24]
- Legal Services Regulation
302. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in negotiating increased fees to criminal barristers employed by the State in court actions; when a...
- An Garda Síochána
304. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases that the Kildare divisional protective services unit dealt with in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular...
- Domestic Violence
314. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a domestic violence refuge for County Roscommon; where it will be located; when it will be opened; and if she...
- Undefined
315. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an extension of time can be provided to a person (details supplied);; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28223/24]
- Prison Service
316. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update in relation to the work of the Prison Overcrowding Response Group; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces
317. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the proposal to reopen the decommissioned prison on the Defence Forces barracks in the Curragh, County...
- Prison Service
318. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what role she would have in the dismissal of a serving civil servant/prison officer from their post; what role the Chief...
- Immigration Status
320. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in updating their stamps to Stamp 4 in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
321. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review a citizenship application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28305/24]
- Legislative Programme
322. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she intends to bring forward the Family Courts Bill 2022. [28324/24]
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems
323. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 126 of 22 May 2024 and 518 of 11 June 2024, when she expects the operational code of...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
324. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the Carlow women's refuge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28327/24]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Forestry Sector
325. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 20 June 2024, where in the climate action performance payment scheme documents is the...
- Animal Slaughtering
326. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish the departmental reports into the revelations outlined in a newspaper article of 24 June 2024 regarding microchips...
- Food Safety
332. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the direct steps his Department took to address the practices at a facility (details supplied) which was reportedly alerted by an...
- Animal Slaughtering
333. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to publish all contacts and reports his Department had or has with the FSAI regarding horse slaughter and the equine food industry;...
- Departmental Staff
334. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether any official or agent of his Department has been redeployed within his Department or stood down or not re-contracted or had...
- Animal Slaughtering
335. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department can have confidence in the standards and practices of the equine slaughter industry given a horse supposedly...
- Food Safety
336. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is confident bute has not entered the food chain given the microchipping situation reported in a facility (details supplied);...
- Animal Slaughtering
337. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses slaughtered at a facility (details supplied) following the revelations of alert referred to by a newspaper...
- Fodder Crisis
340. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered introducing changes to straw shredding regulations, given the shortage of straw and fodder this year as a...
- Greyhound Industry
341. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a greyhound (details supplied) was racing at Curraheen greyhound track on 15 June 2024 while the greyhound is owned by an...
- Agriculture Schemes
342. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on an ACRES payment application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27898/24]
- Livestock Issues
343. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a 2023 sheep census will be accepted from a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied), given they had corresponded with his...
- Agriculture Schemes
344. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2023 areas of natural constraints payment will issue to a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Departmental Policies
345. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27955/24]
- Agriculture Schemes
346. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28007/24]
- Horse Racing Industry
348. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to list the membership of all boards related to the equine industry that receive State funding, including details of board members...
- Animal Welfare
349. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans to preclude any person with a conviction for animal cruelty from operating a business with animals; and if he will...
- Animal Slaughtering
350. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the research carried out to ascertain the reason there has been a drop from four licensed equine slaughter plants in Ireland which...
- Agriculture Schemes
351. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farmers, including those in special areas of conservation or cooperation project zones under ACRES, will receive payment...
- Departmental Contracts
352. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of contracts (details supplied) that have been awarded to carry out services on behalf of his Department in 2023 and...
- Energy Infrastructure
353. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 25 June 2024, to outline in detail the difference between form S198 prescribed by his...
- Agriculture Schemes
354. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce changes to the fodder transport scheme in the future as necessary, given that, currently, fodder must be sourced...
- Fishing Industry
355. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of any funding streams nationally or from the EU for young fishermen to help purchase vessels to fish; and if he will...
- Animal Welfare
357. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rules and legislation that apply to the transportation of dead horses; if his attention has been drawn to a recent instance of a...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Equality Issues
358. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 551 of 23 April 2024, when he will publish his Department’s...
- Irish Language
359. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress he has made to date in transposing the Pay Transparency Directive into Irish law. [27845/24]
- Disability Services
360. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 525 of 23 April 2024, the funding that has been provided to an...
- International Protection
362. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he will take to ensure that a family (details supplied) currently required to reside in two different...
- Disabilities Assessments
363. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify the official policy regarding reimbursement for private assessment of need by the HSE with...
- Health Services
364. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 598 of 5 March 2024, if additional occupational therapy services have been...
- Disabilities Assessments
365. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the assessment of needs process of a child (details supplied); and the reason this is taking so...
- Care Services
366. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine the case of a child (details supplied) needing urgent care; and if he will make a statement...
- Emergency Accommodation
367. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of report compliance concerns in relation to providers of temporary accommodation for Ukrainians...
- Wards of Court
370. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his officials will meet with a group (details supplied) and review the process for discharge of courts to...
- Departmental Policies
371. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Community Care
372. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will urgently sanction an increase in the community neurorehabilitation team in CHO3 from 7 currently to...
- Emergency Accommodation
373. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of additional residential places and new emergency residential places for people with a disability in...
- Disability Services
374. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications, by type and channel (online/paper), received by the Decision Support Service for the...
- Departmental Data
375. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people in receipt of day services for the years 2018-2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Disability Services
376. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to address the deficiency in essential hydro-therapy infrastructure in the north-west (details...
- Care Services
378. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will arrange respite care for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Healthcare Policy
379. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail what is envisaged at page 38 of the HSE National Service Plan 2024, where it states “a foetal...
- Departmental Funding
380. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will increase funding to the FRC National Programme, specifically an additional €8.5 million in...
- Ukraine War
381. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to state the total number of accommodation recognition payments currently being paid to households accommodating...
- Disability Services
382. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the number of children waiting to be seen by children's disability network teams in counties...
- Adoption Services
383. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children adopted into the State through the intercountry adoption process in each of the past 20...
- Health Services Staff
384. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a physiotherapist vacancy for children with mild to severe disabilities in County Leitrim will be filled;...
- Disability Services
385. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated time for when a child (details supplied) will be in receipt of the speech therapy they urgently...
- International Protection
386. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason persons (details supplied) were moved, with no notice, to Manorhamilton, County Leitrim, despite...
- Ukraine War
387. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if all Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection residing at a location (details supplied) have been...
- International Protection
388. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has any further plans to accommodate persons at a facility (details supplied); if so, to...
- Department of Health
- Health Services Staff
389. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance will be provided to expedite a review regarding registration with CORU (details supplied). [28046/24]
- Health Service Executive
391. To ask the Minister for Health the number of individuals dismissed from the HSE owing to court sentences received by them, over the past ten years. [27820/24]
- Nursing Homes
392. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1743 of 17 January 2024, if there is any further development in the provision of a pathway for a person to claim...
- Health Services
393. To ask the Minister for Health when physiotherapy services will be reinstated in Graiguecullen, County Laois, as the nearest health centre providing these services is Mountmellick, which is...
- Healthcare Policy
394. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the funding and subsequent introduction of a model of care for sufferers of hereditary amyloidosis, which was approved in October 2022; and if he...
- Hospital Appointments Status
395. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a patient’s checkup has been cancelled three times (details supplied). [27854/24]
- Health Services
396. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 19 June 2024, the chronic and enduring mental illnesses that have seen caused by medical transition. [27855/24]
- Gender Recognition
399. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 19 June 2024, how the National Gender Service would define conversion therapy; and if this would include being...
- Hospital Staff
404. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that funding is provided for a dedicated consultant neurologist and support staff at Letterkenny University Hospital, in line with the...
- Healthcare Policy
405. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the new amyloidosis model of care, submitted in August 2020 and approved in October 2022, has not been implemented or acted on to date; the reason a...
- Health Services
406. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting so long for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27875/24]
- Disability Services
407. To ask the Minister for Health when the ADHD in adults national clinical programme, covering Kerry and west Cork, will resume, having been paused in December 2023. [27886/24]
- Health Services Staff
408. To ask the Minister for Health the standard procedure in CHO3 and CHO5 with regard to the submission of sick certificates for HSE staff on sick leave with a critical illness, such as cancer...
- Gender Recognition
414. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 823 of 11 June 2024, if he will outline, given the National Gender Service was unable to share how much of its clinical...
- Departmental Funding
422. To ask the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) will be provided with Section 39 funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27921/24]
- Health Service Executive
423. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE pest control units currently in operation in Dublin city; to provide a breakdown of the full-time equivalent employees serving in HSE pest...
- Hospital Appointments Status
424. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in County Kerry (details supplied) will receive a neurology appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27927/24]
- Health Services
425. To ask the Minister for Health the exact amount allocated to each individual for post-mastectomy care in each county, given that there may be disparities in products available depending on...
- Departmental Legal Cases
426. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of all the legal costs incurred by the HSE, or his Department, in providing protection where families have taken legal action claiming a...
- Departmental Policies
427. To ask the Minister for Health the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27964/24]
- Health Services
428. To ask the Minister for Health the number of advanced paramedics currently serving in Clare; if there are plans to expand, maintain or reduce advanced paramedic recruitment; the number...
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
429. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 7 of 2 May 2024, when the issue of pay restoration and the WRC agreement will be paid to persons (details supplied). [27983/24]
- Departmental Correspondence
430. To ask the Minister for Health if a substantive reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27991/24]
- Hospital Staff
431. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric ENT surgeons and paediatric ENT registrars at CHI Crumlin in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [27992/24]
- Departmental Data
432. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of patients that suffer from sleep apnoea within CHO7, in tabular form. [27993/24]
- Hospital Staff
433. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons and orthopaedic registrars at St. James's Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [27994/24]
- Health Services Staff
434. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department will provide clarity in order that a former HSE employee (details supplied) will receive their pension and net lump gratuity; and if he...
- Hospital Services
435. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cataract surgeries carried out at the Mater Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27997/24]
- Health Services
436. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the rollout of oral immunotherapy for children; the locations of each facility in which this treatment is dispensed; and the funding and...
- Hospital Staff
437. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical nurse specialist in developmental care at the Coombe Maternity Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [27999/24]
- Hospital Services
438. To ask the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation bays in each hospital part of Dublin Midlands Hospital Group, in tabular form. [28000/24]
- Hospital Staff
439. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant plastic surgeons at Tallaght University Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [28003/24]
- Health Services
440. To ask the Minister for Health the current diagnostic pathway for sufferers of suspected fibromyalgia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28008/24]
- Medicinal Products
441. To ask the Minister for Health the current general systematic plan for pain management of fibromyalgia sufferers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28009/24]
- Home Care Packages
442. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 848 and 849 of 11 June 2024, which failed to answer the questions submitted, if a reply will issue that responds to the...
- Health Services
443. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the funding details for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28039/24]
- Eating Disorders
444. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the 11 CAMHS/AMHS specialised hubs for eating disorders that have been opened nationwide, since the conception of the Model of Care in...
- Disability Services
445. To ask the Minister for Health if all public sector pay increases for bus drivers who provide transport through agencies for special needs children has been implemented by the HSE; and if he...
- Hospital Staff
446. To ask the Minister for Health to detail all staff based in the special care baby unit at a hospital (details supplied) in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will...
- Medicinal Products
447. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently expedite the approval of fenfluramine for the treatment of dravet syndrome (details supplied). [28063/24]
- Departmental Correspondence
449. To ask the Minister for Health to review case (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28065/24]
- Medicinal Products
450. To ask the Minister for Health his position regarding indicative timelines for a medicine to complete the application/approval process which he committed to in February 2023; if these have...
- Hospital Staff
453. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant respiratory medicine and WTE respiratory medicine registrars attached to the Mater Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
454. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for first-time appointments for ADHD assessments in CHO9. [28072/24]
- Hospital Procedures
455. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic procedures, by type that were carried out at Naas General Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [28073/24]
- Health Services
457. To ask the Minister for Health the number of chiropody cards issued by the HSE to medical card holders aged over 66 years in CHO9 in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [28075/24]
- Disability Services
458. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28090/24]
- Hospital Equipment
459. To ask the Minister for Health to approve funding for a dedicated mobile hoist compatible with the loop system slings for the paediatric ward in Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar. [28093/24]
- Health Service Executive
460. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE rapid response vehicles based in counties Carlow and Kilkenny on a 24-7 basis in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024 in tabular form; and if he...
- Health Services Staff
461. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in intensive care medicine at University Hospital Waterford in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will...
- Hospital Procedures
464. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthognathic surgeries performed at St. James's Hospital in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
465. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been brought to the difficulties faced by many Long Covid patients in accessing Covid-19 booster vaccines, in particular a non-MRNA...
- Healthcare Policy
466. To ask the Minister for Health to detail what is envisaged at page 38 of the HSE National Service Plan 2024 where it states “a foetal alcohol project will be undertaken using a...
- Departmental Bodies
467. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the membership of the multi-stakeholder departmental group on the management of ongoing or anticipated high-impact medicine...
- Health Services
468. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an eating disorder team in CHO2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28173/24]
- Further and Higher Education
470. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 386 of 18 June 2024, if consideration has been given to supporting medical students studying across Europe, particularly...
- Hospital Facilities
471. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the proposed provision and operation of a satellite dialysis unit in Ennis Hospital, County Clare; the reason for any delay in...
- Budget 2024
472. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 636 of 30 April 2024, to report the item and amount per item, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Staff
473. To ask the Minister for Health to detail each of the unfilled posts in every eating disorder team; and the posts that are affected by the HSE recruitment pause, in tabular form. [28224/24]
- Hospital Appointments Status
474. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [28247/24]
- Departmental Data
475. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases which recorded a primary diagnosis of a condition (details supplied) in each of the past 20 years, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Disability Services
477. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the waiting times for children with disabilities in the Sligo-Leitrim area who require an MRI with sedation; and if he will make a statement...
- Hospital Appointments Status
478. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in County Kerry (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28258/24]
- Mental Health Services
479. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals to CAMHS Wexford south in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; the number of referrals to CAMHS Wexford north in the corresponding timeframe; the...
- Medical Cards
480. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card holder will be refunded charges paid for an MRI at a location in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Dental Services
481. To ask the Minister for Health if the post of dentist for patients with special needs which has been vacant since January 2024 at a health centre (details supplied) has been advertised; the...
- Nursing Homes
482. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the expected timeline for the approval of 60 new beds for a nursing home (details supplied) by HIQA; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disability Services
483. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that there is no service for assessment of adult ADHD on the northside of Dublin; if there are plans to fill this gap; and if he will make a...
- Health Service Executive
484. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are currently provided at the HSE health centre in Shannon, County Clare; if there are plans to increase services provided by this centre;...
- Dental Services
485. To ask the Minister for Health if negotiations have been held with the Irish Dental Association regarding the dental treatment services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Covid-19 Pandemic
487. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the fund for those suffering from the long-term effects of Covid; if this fund is currently in operation; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Inquiries
488. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 831 of 11 June 2024, if a response will issue to the question (details supplied). [28317/24]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
489. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the progress of an extension to a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28321/24]
- Departmental Expenditure
490. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that has been spent by his Department in each of the past ten years on reducing maternal mortality. [28336/24]
- Hospital Staff
491. To ask the Minister for Health when a paediatric neurologist will be employed at University Hospital Limerick given it has been without same for approximately two and a half years; and if he...
- Hospital Appointments Status
492. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an urgent appointment for a surgical procedure at Galway University Hospital; and if he will make...
- Medicinal Products
493. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to the adding of polycystic ovary syndrome to the HSE’s PCRS in relation to a drug (details supplied); and if he will...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
494. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an explanation as to why a facility (details supplied) is not fully operational; the reason it is instead opening up in stages; and if he will make...
- Mental Health Services
495. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1356 of 9 April 2024, if the waiting-list figures cited in the response for child and adolescent mental health services...
- Local Drugs Task Forces
496. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the implementation of the WRC agreement of October 2023 for the projects in the canal communities' alcohol and drugs task force...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Apprenticeship Programmes
497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there has been no movement on apprentices (details supplied) who are waiting on their next phase of training. [27851/24]
- Education Costs
498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost to the State of a place on an undergraduate course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27888/24]
- Education and Training Provision
499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a list of all health and social care courses offered in the State; the number of students enrolled on each course; the average annual cost to...
- Third Level Education
500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 630 of 24 October 2023, the status of the proposed new veterinary school for expanded veterinary education...
- Departmental Policies
503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27963/24]
- Third Level Fees
504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first- and full-year cost of reducing the student contribution charge by €1,000; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Third Level Education
505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current core funding deficit for the university sector; the estimated first- and full-year cost of reducing this by a third; and if he will...
- Third Level Fees
506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first- and full-year cost of extending free fees initiative to graduate entry medical students up to €10,000; and if he will...
- Education Costs
507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first- and full-year cost of providing free Irish language classes to all adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Apprenticeship Programmes
508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first- and full-year cost of abolishing all craft apprenticeship course fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27988/24]
- Third Level Education
510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a full list of capital works projects currently ongoing at present valued in excess of €1 million that were funded by...
- Disability Services
511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a Disability is recognised by the CAO (details supplied); what criteria does the CAO require for proof of disability for DARE purposes; and if...
- Grant Payments
513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) is not in receipt of the full grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28306/24]
- Further and Higher Education
514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the evolution of participation rates in higher and in further education for representative years since 1990; and how the student-to-staff ratios...
- Third Level Fees
515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an Irish citizen, who moved to Switzerland with their family five years ago, will be classed as a foreign student and charged fees as such, if...
- Teacher Training
516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide increased financial supports for students of Masters in Post Primary Education; if he will report on his engagement with the...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Funding
517. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding streams are available for the construction of a new public horse stables, similar to those already in place in a location...
- Control of Dogs
518. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the work of the high-level stakeholder group to consider and make recommendations to strengthen policy concerning dog...
- Departmental Policies
520. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the main policy achievements of her Department since 27 June 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27968/24]
- Departmental Funding
521. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding available to a community (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28036/24]
- EU Funding
522. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital and current projects within her Department that received EU funding in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024; the amount of EU...
