Written answers

Tuesday, 9 July 2024

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • British-Irish Co-operation
      21. To ask the Taoiseach to provide an update on his recent meetings at the British-Irish Council Summit. [28193/24]
    • European Council
      28. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his two-day attendance at the European Council on 27 and 28 June 2024. [28374/24]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • An Garda Síochána
      42. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on plans to redevelop and upgrade the Garda station in Greystones; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      48. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on each ongoing and proposed flood relief scheme in County Donegal, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Flood Risk Management
      49. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when flood defence construction works will advance in the upper River Lee area of County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Development Plan
      50. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the National Development Plan 2021-2030 review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29479/24]
    • Departmental Functions
      51. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has reviewed the capacity across the public sector to deliver complex infrastructural projects; if new arrangements could be put in...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      52. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider a programme of decentralisation of Government Departments to assist rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Sector Staff
      53. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has ever produced guidance for State entities or agencies on the use of recruitment agencies; if his Department...
    • Courts Service
      54. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the discussions his Department has had with the Courts Service in relation to the courthouse in Kanturk; and if he will make a statement...
    • Office of Public Works
      55. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a list and description of all OPW land holdings in County Donegal, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Measures
      56. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proposals, if any, there are to amend the Arterial Drainage Act 1945 to include areas in County Cavan that are subject to flooding;...
    • National Development Plan
      57. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under the National Strategic Outcome 6 of the National Development Plan 2021 – 2030;...
    • Court Accommodation
      60. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on refurbishment works to be carried out on Carlow Courthouse railings during 2024; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform how he intends to address the inadequate occupational pension provision for serving personnel who joined the Defence Forces after 2013;...
    • National Development Plan
      63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under National Strategic Outcome (NSO) 3 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if...
    • Budget 2025
      66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline, based on the achievement of the various economic targets set in respect of public expenditure and reform for the...
    • Flood Risk Management
      69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any changes will be made to the CFRAM projects in Louth following analysis of the impact of severe flooding in north Louth last...
    • Summer Economic Statement
      70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform how the evaluation contained in the summer economic statement will alter his assessment of the profiles of current and capital spending...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Export Controls
      71. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department maintains a register of companies based in Ireland that export to Germany. [29310/24]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      72. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has ever used artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, in drafting Dáil speeches or responses to Parliamentary Questions. [29287/24]
    • Departmental Equipment
      73. To ask the Taoiseach the number of laptops or mobile phones owned by his Department that have been lost or stolen in each of the past ten years. [29305/24]
    • Remote Working
      74. To ask the Taoiseach his latest estimate of the extent of remote working, by county, being delivered from homes located therein; and how that compares with the total at work in the respective...
    • Departmental Communications
      75. To ask the Taoiseach to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by his Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline; and if not, whether he would consider...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports which have been reported missing and stolen in each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [29238/24]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has ever used artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, in drafting Dáil speeches or responses to Parliamentary...
    • Departmental Equipment
      78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of laptops or mobile phones owned by his Department that have been lost or stolen in each of the past ten years. [29297/24]
    • Middle East
      79. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will offer international protection to a hospital in Gaza (details supplied) in order that it may continue to operate; and if he...
    • Departmental Data
      80. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of WTE civilian drivers attached to each embassy of Ireland as of 25 June 2024, in tabular form. [29392/24]
    • Passport Services
      81. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when passports will issue to siblings from County Galway (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ukraine War
      83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total amount of foreign aid that has been provided to date to Ukraine, disaggregated by the receiving institution, the specific purpose...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the scheduled upcoming international Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, OSCE, and EU election missions in which Irish...
    • Passport Services
      85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to expedite, where possible, the passport application of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29707/24]
    • Economic Sanctions
      86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the new package of EU sanctions for Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29777/24]
    • Passport Services
      87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider putting a printing system in place in the Cork Passport Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29778/24]
    • Northern Ireland
      89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on challenging the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 in the context of the European Convention on...
    • Middle East
      91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on engagements and the current ongoing talks to ensure a ceasefire, and that unhindered humanitarian assistance is provided for...
    • Passport Services
      92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the new passport design will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29783/24]
    • Departmental Communications
      93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by his Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline; and if not,...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Waste Management
      94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of warnings from an organisation (details supplied) that its members may raise prices for household...
    • Recycling Policy
      96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has engaged with the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission on the roll-out of the deposit return scheme;...
    • Sustainable Energy Communities
      97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 23 May 2024, if there has been any outcome or further correspondence from...
    • Waste Management
      98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 99 and 100 of 25 June 2024, to report on the meetings that took place on 28...
    • Sustainable Energy Communities
      100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if persons (details supplied) can avail of a grant for a new home heating system and outside insulation; and if he will...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has ever used artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, in drafting Dáil speeches or responses...
    • Departmental Equipment
      102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of laptops or mobile phones owned by his Department that have been lost or stolen in each of the past ten...
    • Inland Fisheries
      103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and his officials in the inland fisheries division fully support the untenable position of Inland Fisheries...
    • EU Funding
      104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the capital works projects under the remit of his Department that received EU funding in 2023 and to date in 2024; and...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to detail the installed capacity of renewables, by county, distinguishing the renewable source in each case. [29497/24]
    • Climate Action Plan
      107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to indicate the marginal abatement cost of the most expensive policy measure in each sector now included in the Climate...
    • Electricity Generation
      108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the uptake, by county, of the various schemes for microgeneration, and for business-based small-scale generation, under...
    • Climate Action Plan
      109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the peat restoration projects his Department or its agencies have supported; the estimated capital and recurring costs...
    • Inland Fisheries
      110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the Inland Fisheries (Consolidation) Bill; and when this Bill will move to the next stage. [29690/24]
    • Departmental Staff
      111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of WTE IT security managers employed by his Department in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in...
    • Fuel Poverty
      112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the work his Department has undertaken as part of the energy poverty steering group; the number of times this group as...
    • Flood Risk Management
      114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent of plans due to climate change issues, in particular, flooding preventions and land drainage/management; and...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the provision of funding to local authorities to install CCTV cameras in the vicinity of bottle banks;...
    • Waste Management
      116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on making the deposit return scheme available at civic amenity sites in Cork county; and if he will make...
    • Energy Conservation
      117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware that the SEAI is giving timelines of completion of all works of 26 months under the free energy...
    • Radon Gas Levels
      118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if State funding towards radon testing and remediation works in individual homes is being considered for the next phase...
    • Public Sector Staff
      120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current levels of staffing in the Commission for Communications Regulation; the current number of vacant positions;...
    • Departmental Communications
      122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by his Department; whether calls are recorded on each...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      123. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his office has ever received correspondence from the Defence Forces seeking powers to suspend members pending a criminal trial; and if so,...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      124. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has ever used artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, in drafting Dáil speeches or responses to Parliamentary...
    • Departmental Equipment
      125. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of laptops or mobile phones owned by his Department that have been lost or stolen in each of the past ten years. [29292/24]
    • Defence Forces
      126. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on risk assessments carried out on the safety impact to Irish peacekeeping troops serving in Lebanon on their monitoring of the...
    • National Security
      127. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on measures being taken to protect any threat of damage to vital subterranean and submarine infrastructure, with Ireland being a...
    • Naval Service
      128. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Naval Service monitors the presence of naval vessels from other countries in Irish waters; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces
      129. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures that are being taken to increase the number of females applying under any future Defence Forces recruitment campaigns; and if he...
    • Departmental Communications
      132. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by their Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline; and if not,...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Public Transport
      133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is any plan to introduce free Leap cards for those in emergency homeless accommodation and in international protection in order...
    • Departmental Funding
      134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available to Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) in order to reinstate funding for local authorities to tender...
    • Budget 2025
      135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to respond to a pre-Budget 2025 submission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29177/24]
    • Public Transport
      136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of the security costs for Irish Rail in each of the years 2019 to 2023. [29234/24]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has ever used artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, in drafting Dáil speeches or responses to Parliamentary...
    • Departmental Equipment
      139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of laptops or mobile phones owned by his Department that have been lost or stolen in each of the past ten years. [29307/24]
    • Road Projects
      140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of a pedestrian footbridge over the Owenriff River in Oughterard; the timeframe for the design phase; and if he will...
    • Bus Éireann
      142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of buses in the Bus Éireann PSO fleet as of 25 June 2024; and if he will provide the figures as of 30 June 2022, in...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of fatal and serious road traffic collisions involving learner drivers each year from 2016 to 2023; the number of fatalities...
    • Driver Licences
      144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his agreed approach with the Road Safety Authority to prevent learner permit renewals without sitting a driving test, under action 27 of...
    • Legislative Programme
      148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans on the consolidation of Road Traffic Acts; the proposed date for the consolidated Heads of Bill to be presented to the...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the Road Safety Authority to publish the complete data on the number of serious injury road traffic collisions, to...
    • Driver Licences
      150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to report on the success rate of the system used for mutual recognition of disqualified drivers between the UK and Ireland; to provide an...
    • Road Safety Authority
      151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to abolish the current system used by the Road Safety Authority requesting disqualified drivers to surrender their licences by...
    • Driver Licences
      152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, following his statement in 2023 announcing that an organisation (details supplied) will be populated with verified driver numbers...
    • Insurance Coverage
      153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport following a reply to a PQ raised in March 2023, if the insurance details of the 257,320 fleet and motor trader vehicles have been...
    • Motor Industry
      154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of car sales, by county, from 2020 to date in 2024, distinguishing full-EV, hybrid-EV and fossil fuel combustion engines, in...
    • Bus Services
      155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of removing fares for all Dublin Bus journeys; clarifying if this includes recent temporary fare reductions; and if he...
    • Road Safety
      158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet with councillors in County Kerry regarding road safety requirements (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Public Transport
      159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if cash will remain as a form of payment for fares on public transport where there are plans to introduce contactless fare payments by...
    • Driver Licences
      160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason those seeking to convert valid foreign licenses to Irish ones must submit their documents at the beginning of the process,...
    • Road Projects
      162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available for infrastructure works to the N22, Macroom to Ballincollig section of road in Cork County; and if he...
    • Dublin Bus
      163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and percentage of Dublin Bus fleet that are over ten years old, as of 3 July 2024, in tabular form. [29686/24]
    • Rail Network
      164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the initiative to establish a rail service between Navan and Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Safety
      165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport her engagement to date with the National Transport Authority to expand on the safe routes to school programme to increase the number of...
    • Bus Services
      166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date to ensure all services run by Local Link Cork are wheelchair accessible; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Electric Vehicles
      167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on providing an increased number of e-car public charging points for Cork city and county; and if he will make a statement...
    • Bus Services
      169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 15 February 2024, when the changes will come into effect on Bus Éireann route 243...
    • Road Projects
      170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the expenditure, over each of the past ten years, on the draft plans for a proposed road scheme (details supplied); the...
    • Legislative Programme
      171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has read a recent paper (details supplied); if he accepts that the patchwork of primary and secondary legislation on road safety...
    • Bus Services
      172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the provision of the new L14, L15, L1 and L2 local bus routes in Wicklow; when the new routes will start operating; and...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in respect of the pension entitlements of former employees of a...
    • Driver Licences
      175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has made any progress regarding the mutual recognition of heavy goods vehicle driving licences with Argentina. [29970/24]
    • Departmental Communications
      176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by his Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline; and, if...
  • Department of Finance
    • Legislative Measures
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider enacting laws to restrict vulture funds’ activities, akin to the UK Parliament’s legislation that prohibits vulture...
    • Tax Yield
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised by applying a 1% rate of stamp duty to all forms of share buybacks, in first- and full-year terms; and the estimated revenue...
    • Financial Instruments
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance to detail the types of financial instruments used to hold the Social Insurance Fund investment account; the effect the Social Insurance Fund investment...
    • Sovereign Debt
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance the current level of GGD that is made up of the FIF, ICNF, NTF and the SIF investment accounts; the projected share of the GGD that will be made of the FIF,...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the Revenue Commissioners’ IT issues with the filing of personal income tax returns for 2023, which have been ongoing since 12 June...
    • Tax Code
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to an issue (details supplied); and if he will provide an update on the matter. [29097/24]
    • Currency Circulation
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance if legislation will be introduced to allow consumers the continued option to pay for services in cash (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Credit Availability
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason financial institutions are refusing credit to self-employed persons as per changes to the Credit Register; when these rules changed; the way they...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has ever used artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, in drafting Dáil speeches or responses to Parliamentary Questions; and if he...
    • Departmental Equipment
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of laptops or mobile phones owned by his Department that have been lost or stolen in each of the past ten years. [29296/24]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance when the criteria for accessing a primary medical certificate will be updated; if he will accept that the current approach is not fit for purpose; and if he...
    • Fiscal Policy
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance the action taken to ensure sustainable public finances since July 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29315/24]
    • Banking Sector
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures taken to ensure a strong retail banking sector since July 2020; his assessment of the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement...
    • Legislative Measures
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will update legislation in terms of vulture fund repossession of homes and, more immediately, order a complete cessation of any possession proceedings...
    • Social Insurance
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance if the revenue raised from now legislated increases in PRSI in each of the years 2024 to 2028 are included in the revenue projections for the years 2025,...
    • Tax Code
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 2 July 2024, the position regarding the income threshold for the exemption limit to deposit interest retention...
    • Tax Exemptions
      195. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will raise the taxation exemption threshold for single persons and married couples aged 65 and over; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Reliefs
      196. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reverse the proposed cap of €10 million, due to come into force on 1 January 2025, on retirement relief under the capital gains tax relief...
    • Tax Data
      197. To ask the Minister for Finance the first and full-year costs of reducing the first rate of USC from 0.5 to 0 percent, reducing the second rate of USC from 2 to 0 percent and increasing the...
    • Tax Yield
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual revenue in 2023; the expected annual revenue in each of the years 2024 and 2025 of the local property tax, disaggregated by valuation band; the...
    • Tax Credits
      201. To ask the Minister for Finance if regulations allow a spouse who is the full-time carer for their husband or wife to be allocated the home carer tax credit; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Data
      202. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of increasing personal, employee and earned income tax credits by €50 in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 respectively. [29554/24]
    • Tax Code
      208. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reduce the VAT rate on tickets-door admission to dance events (currently operated under the special exemption order system) from 23% to 0%;; and if...
    • Banking Sector
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and value of Irish mortgages currently held by non-bank entities; the level of risk analysis his Department has conducted to the significant volume...
    • Tax Reliefs
      210. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications made to the Revenue Commissioners to 1 July 2024 for the mortgage interest tax relief scheme, by county; how many of these...
    • Customs and Excise
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of customs checks that have been carried out at Cork Airport in 2023 and 2024 to date for the excess purchase of duty-free tobacco products; the...
    • Tax Data
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of residential properties listed under deferral payments for local property tax for 2023, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Housing Schemes
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of payments made under the help-to-buy scheme for County Cork for each month this year up to June 2024; their average value monthly for Cork...
    • Tax Forms
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance when the current issues being experienced when submitting form 11 will be resolved, that has been ongoing from 16 June 2024; and if he will make a statement...
    • Universal Social Charge
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of USC tax payable, in each of the past three years by a single wage earner, a couple jointly assessed with a gross income of €100,000, and...
    • Tax Data
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of renters tax credit claims in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the total value of these claims in each year; and to provide a breakdown, by...
    • Public Sector Staff
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance the current levels of staffing in the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman; the current number of vacant positions; and the total target workforce. [29870/24]
    • Tax Code
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29948/24]
    • Tax Reliefs
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of full tax relief on trade union subscriptions. [29972/24]
    • Departmental Communications
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by their Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline; and if not, whether he...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Office of Public Works
      224. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the monies spent by the OPW in procuring lands, sites or houses of historical/archaeological significance,...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      225. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has ever used artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, in drafting Dáil speeches or responses to Parliamentary...
    • Departmental Equipment
      226. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of laptops or mobile phones owned by his Department that have been lost or stolen in each of the past ten years. [29302/24]
    • Heritage Projects
      227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide funding to the Office of Public Works in order that specific works can be undertaken to restore and conserve the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      228. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform concerning the flood relief scheme for Freshford, County Kilkenny which was approved in May 2023 to be included as part of a national...
    • Ethics in Public Office
      229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review and strengthen the ethics in public office legislation following the completion of the review of the statutory...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if steps are being taken to resolve issues in the integrated pension system for those who joined the civil service post-1995 (details...
    • Office of Public Works
      231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of visitors at each visitor attraction operated by the OPW for the first five months of 2024; and if he will provide the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      232. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of progress on the new Garda station in Bailieborough; and the estimated completion date. [26356/24]
    • Departmental Schemes
      233. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of employment-related permanent injury compensation schemes for civil and public servants; and the total budget for each of...
    • Departmental Contracts
      234. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has any contracts with either of two companies (details supplied) in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024; the nature of...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      235. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is any change to the policy of providing civil servants with laptops in order for them to work from home; if so, the reasons...
    • Civil Service
      236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of concerns that the civil service mobility scheme is suffering from very long wait times for offers of mobility to be...
    • Waterways Issues
      237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding funding allocated to Cork City Council for the reinstatement of the weirs at Ballincollig Regional Park; and if...
    • Flood Risk Management
      238. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a flood defence scheme (details supplied) will advance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29740/24]
    • Business Supports
      239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the balance between the funds spent on foreign direct investment and on funds given to indigenous industries; and if he will make a...
    • Public Sector Staff
      240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current levels of staffing in the Office of the Information Commissioner; the current number of vacant positions; and the total...
    • Departmental Data
      242. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the levels of savings achieved through reform across the public sector has been quantified on an annual basis in the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Government Departments or bodies under their aegis that have shown the least progress in terms of public sector reform in the past...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which any audit of deficits in vital infrastructure has been undertaken with a view to identifying major capital works...
    • Public Sector Staff
      250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which normal retirement, early retirement, or other factors are likely to feature in the context of staffing levels...
    • Departmental Communications
      252. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by his Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline; and if...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      253. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role his Department has in monitoring the expenditure of departments on an ongoing basis through the year, making specific reference...
    • Office of Public Works
      255. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a plan or strategy is in place for the Office of Public Works to reduce the reliance on leased properties; and if he will make a...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on any work by the Office of Government Procurement to promote the recruitment of apprentices through the use of...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Brexit Supports
      257. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the income he has allocated to Enterprise Ireland to ensure that Irish businesses have sufficient financial supports available under...
    • Business Supports
      258. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the rates of payment to businesses of the increased cost of business grant per local authority to date; the number of registered...
    • Employment Rights
      259. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to address concerns raised regarding the removal of the proposal to link the future wage for security guards to the...
    • Intellectual Property
      260. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the proposals from the European Commission to cut and modulate regulatory data protection intellectual property rights...
    • Trade Relations
      262. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of a case (details supplied); if, given the facts of this case and the details of the Hague Convention on prevention...
    • Employment Rights
      265. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the new employment regulation order for workers in the security sector has been signed; if so, when it was signed; if not, the...
    • Industrial Relations
      266. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of times an organisation (details supplied) has been in the Labour Court to settle disputes with staff groups since 2015;...
    • Departmental Consultations
      267. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the awards made, both with and without a tender process, to management consultancy firms by his Department, and bodies under the...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      270. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has ever used artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, in drafting Dáil speeches or responses to...
    • Departmental Equipment
      271. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of laptops or mobile phones owned by his Department that have been lost or stolen in each of the past ten years. [29294/24]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      272. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the key measures and initiatives taken in relation to artificial intelligence since July 2020; his assessment of the impact of these...
    • Business Supports
      273. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the key measures and initiatives taken in relation to the digital transformation of businesses since July 2020; his assessment of the...
    • Departmental Data
      280. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to name all of the IDA client companies with operations in Drogheda, County Louth and in Dundalk, County Louth; and if he will make a...
    • Industrial Development
      281. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a timeline for the completion of the proposed IDA advance facilities planned for Drogheda, County Louth; if client...
    • Employment Rights
      284. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the minimum rate of pay for healthcare assistants and social care support staff employed by private companies, in...
    • Export Controls
      285. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if information (details supplied) will be provided. [29656/24]
    • Trade Data
      286. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the expected level of exports by Enterprise Ireland-backed companies this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29743/24]
    • Work Permits
      288. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the planned phased basis approach in implementation of the single permit system for work permits and visas; and if he will...
    • Business Supports
      289. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what measures are being committed to by his Department in supporting SMEs and the hospitality and retail sectors, which are...
    • Departmental Funding
      292. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount budgeted to the Enterprise Ireland research and development initiative programmes in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023...
    • Climate Change Policy
      293. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current measures being taken to identify key sectors that will require additional State supports to successfully transition to...
    • Exports Growth
      294. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of exports by Enterprise Ireland-backed companies for the years 2022 and 2023; the expected level of these type of exports...
    • Departmental Funding
      295. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) in 2023; and the projected funding for 2024. [29829/24]
    • Labour Court
      297. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current levels of staffing in Labour Court; the current number of vacant positions; and the total target workforce. [29873/24]
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      298. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current levels of staffing in Workplace Relations Commission; the current number of vacant positions; and the total target...
    • Business Supports
      299. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and dates of meetings held between the IDA and a company (details supplied) to discuss issues around its Drogheda plant;...
    • Legislative Reviews
      302. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in light of the Court of Justice of the European Union ruling C-184/20, his plans to amend sections 149 and 151 of the Companies Act...
    • Departmental Communications
      303. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by their Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline;...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Pension Provisions
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine a pension entitlement (details supplied). [29834/24]
    • Departmental Policies
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a recent direction from the Archdiocese of Dublin that schools should spend public money from her Department’s...
    • Citizens' Assembly
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the citizens assembly on the future of education, which was promised in the Programme for Government, will be established; and when the...
    • Education Policy
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teachers can speak freely and openly on the influence of religion and religious indoctrination in the education system, given the threat of...
    • Departmental Funding
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the details on the total funding provided to each county administration for NCSE services, including the total number/s of population...
    • School Transport
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on secondary school transport services from Kilmore in County Wexford to Wexford town, County Wexford; if additional...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has ever used artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, in drafting Dáil speeches or responses to Parliamentary Questions....
    • Departmental Equipment
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of laptops or mobile phones owned by her Department that have been lost or stolen in each of the past ten years. [29293/24]
    • State Examinations
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has reviewed, or requested a review, of SEC rules in relation to the use of readers in State examinations; if she is satisfied at the...
    • School Accommodation
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on an application by a school (details supplied) for additional accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for updating the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Funding
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants that are available to schools for external painting and for repair and refurbishment of indoor furniture; and if she will make a...
    • School Facilities
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of new SEN accommodation for a school (details supplied); the indicative timeline for when works are likely to...
    • Education Policy
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next EU Council of Education Ministers is scheduled to occur. [29394/24]
    • School Admissions
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the considerations that have been given to the case of a child (details supplied). [29397/24]
    • School Funding
      321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an appeal by school (details supplied) for an increase in its current specialist subject hours; to confirm that this...
    • School Facilities
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the confirmed date for delivery and installation of an approved modular building for school (details supplied); if she is...
    • School Staff
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate the allocation of SNAs for a school (details supplied); if there is a mechanism available within her Department by which...
    • School Admissions
      324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an ASA application for school (details supplied); if she is aware of the importance of this application to the school,...
    • Special Educational Needs
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new ASD classes due to come on stream in Waterford for the next academic year; the locations of same; and if she will make a...
    • School Admissions
      326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide additional school places to children living in the general Kimmage area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • School Staff
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to concerns in relation to the terminology used in assault leave for teachers; and if she will consider renaming...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will facilitate the streamlining of registration of teachers who have qualified in Britain with the Teaching Council, namely, the...
    • School Facilities
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when revised plans for a building project for a school (details supplied) were received; when is it expected that the review of the project by...
    • Irish Language
      330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29471/24]
    • Bus Services
      331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what actions are being taken to ensure that bus drivers aged over 70 years can provide school bus services; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Transport
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 26 June 2024, the reason for the estimated increase in the cost of transporting SEN pupils under the...
    • Irish Language
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Gaelscoileanna in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown and the number of students enrolled in each by class for the academic year 2023-24 and...
    • School Funding
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the current budget allocations for each programme under subhead A9 of the revised estimates for 2023 and 2024...
    • School Staff
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria that has been used to determine the position the SNA allocation in respect of a school (details supplied) for the coming school...
    • Schools Administration
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main initiatives she has taken to provide reduced class sizes at primary school level since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in...
    • Education Standards
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main initiatives she has taken to improve the quality of secondary education since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main initiatives she has taken to tackle educational disadvantage since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in successive budgets;...
    • Education Standards
      342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main initiatives she has taken to improve the quality of special needs education since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in...
    • Education Policy
      343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main achievements of her Department since 27 June 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29603/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 189 of 23 May and 152 of 27 June 2024, when the visit referred to occurred; if her Department will...
    • School Facilities
      346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 189 of 23 May and 152 of 27 June 2024, if she is aware that parents are reporting that the rented space...
    • Schools Building Projects
      347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 189 of 23 May and 152 of 27 June 2024, and a response provided to a parent of one of the students...
    • School Transport
      349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to ensure sufficient school transport will be available when the new transport measures will be introduced for school...
    • School Funding
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if emergency funding can be made available to schools to deal with urgent safety measures required at school gates; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding could be made available to schools to purchase their own vehicle/bus for transporting students for various sporting and educational...
    • School Facilities
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the progress of the stage 2b report from a facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29848/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 380 of 13 July 2023, if she will urgently respond to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 in respect of...
    • School Facilities
      354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) which applied for additional accommodation for two SET rooms in 2019 and additional classroom...
    • Schools Administration
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria on which a DEIS application for a school (details supplied) was not successful. [29884/24]
    • School Funding
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline, where a school secretaries new contract stipulates 52 weeks and not 41; the additional funding that is made available to the...
    • Schools Administration
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of review or appeal requests that have been submitted by schools in relation to the new SET allocation models, per county, in tabular...
    • School Transport
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria assessed when choosing the location of the pilot schemes for school transport. [29887/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional SENOs recruited to date, per county, in tabular form. [29888/24]
    • School Enrolments
      360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children the NCSE is currently assisting in sourcing a school place for next September, per county, in tabular form. [29889/24]
    • School Staff
      361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers currently on temporary contracts, per county, in tabular form. [29890/24]
    • School Facilities
      363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application for additional classrooms by a school (details supplied). [29892/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the arrangements being made to ensure that the parents of children with autism in the Taghmon area of Westmeath will have...
    • Schools Building Projects
      365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process for enabling works as quickly as possible for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29922/24]
    • School Curriculum
      366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the time allocation for teaching Irish in primary schools from first class to sixth class, is to be reduced by 30 minutes a week....
    • Education Policy
      367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to set up an expert group to develop the Governments promised programme of a policy for the Irish language in the education system...
    • School Staff
      368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a request for an exceptional teaching post (details supplied). [29969/24]
    • Departmental Communications
      369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by her Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline; and if not,...
    • Special Educational Needs
      370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a special school in Monaghan will be established. [29923/24]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Sports Funding
      371. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a sports capital grant will issue to a club (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29106/24]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      372. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Media if her Department has ever used artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, in drafting Dáil speeches or responses to...
    • Departmental Equipment
      373. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of laptops or mobile phones owned by her Department that have been lost or stolen in each of the past ten years. [29306/24]
    • Sports Facilities
      374. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will intervene on behalf of a club (details supplied) requesting the diocese to authorise approval for a joint application...
    • Tourism Funding
      375. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to the reply to Parliamentary Question 244 of 2 May 2024 from Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and...
    • Culture Policy
      376. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions taken to support, strengthen and diversify the night-time economy since 27 June 2020; the priorities for 2024; and if...
    • Tourism Funding
      378. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will provide financial support to a club (details supplied) in County Kerry to host two events; and if she will...
    • Departmental Meetings
      379. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on her Department’s engagement with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in developing...
    • Sports Funding
      380. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount allocated under the sports capital and equipment programme 2020 that has yet to be claimed for Cork county; the amount...
    • Tourism Promotion
      381. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will establish a stand-alone tourist promotion campaign for The Gearagh, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Tourism Schemes
      382. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps that are being taken to increase the tourism potential of the mid Cork region; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Television Licence Fee
      383. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for reforming the current licence fee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29732/24]
    • Tourism Funding
      384. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total funding allocated to tourism agencies for the years 2019 to 2023; the total allocated for spend on tourism in Cork...
    • Arts Policy
      385. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures being taken to promote the expansion and appreciation of the arts in the mid Cork region; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Communications
      386. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by her Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline;...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to differences in the acceptable wind turbine noise levels as per guidelines (details...
    • Housing Provision
      391. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of affordable homes that have been built in Cork county in each of the past five years; the total amount...
    • Housing Policy
      393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the unit cost ceiling for housing has been updated since it was issued by his Department in 2002; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Provision
      394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what affordable housing will be or has been provided in Cherrywood in return for the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation...
    • Housing Policy
      395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the details of the prices being set for affordable purchase and cost rental in Shanganagh; and if he will make a...
    • Hare Coursing
      396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the national hare coursing finals in Clonmel in February 2024 were monitored by the National Parks and Wildlife Service...
    • Budget 2025
      397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will respond to a pre-Budget 2025 submission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29175/24]
    • Wildlife Regulations
      398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a matter concerning birds in Balbriggan, County Dublin (details supplied). [29209/24]
    • Housing Provision
      403. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rationale for seeking a legal order exempting a portion of State land at the Technological University Dublin college on...
    • Emergency Services
      404. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the relevant departments will work together to explore how members of the fire service can supplement the work of the...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      405. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has ever used artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, in drafting Dáil speeches or responses to...
    • Departmental Equipment
      406. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of laptops or mobile phones owned by his Department that have been lost or stolen in each of the past ten years....
    • Vacant Properties
      407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he has taken since July 2020 to facilitate the restoration and renovation for residential uses of vacant and...
    • Housing Provision
      408. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he has taken to improve the provision of social housing since July 2020; his assessment of the impact of these...
    • Rental Sector
      409. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 30 May 2024, the evidence which was adduced or collated to support his...
    • Housing Provision
      410. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the most recent basic unit costs circulated to local authorities, which specifically relate to social housing build...
    • Housing Schemes
      412. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the local authority purchase and renovation loan, to support first time buyers turn vacant or derelict buildings into new...
    • Invasive Species Policy
      413. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government he plans to add the non-native/invasive freshwater fish of pike (esox lucius) and perch (perca fluviatilis) to the invasive...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      415. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the capital works projects under the remit of his Department that received EU funding in 2023 and to date in 2024; and the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      416. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the housing adaptation grant or mobility aids grant scheme can be utilised to purchase sensory equipment for one’s...
    • Local Authorities
      417. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when local authorities will be advised on the newly announced local authority purchase and renovation loan; when this will be...
    • Planning Issues
      418. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a review into exemptions for planning permission will conclude; if he will consider including old schoolhouses under...
    • Electoral Commission
      419. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the work of the Electoral Commission, particularly concerning arrangements for those who cannot vote due to a...
    • Rental Sector
      420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is concerned in relation to the delays in dealing with disputes by the Residential Tenancies Board; whether the board...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      422. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ask the Minister of State with responsibility for Heritage to meet with an organisation (details supplied) in July...
    • Housing Provision
      425. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the discrepancy of the original amount confirmed and the actual amount at price of sale for homes...
    • Natural Heritage Areas
      426. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 16 May 2024, when he and the Minister of State in his Department will meet with...
    • Defective Building Materials
      427. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what supports are available for homeowners in Carlow with houses affected by pyrite; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tourism Industry
      429. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the airstrip at a location (details supplied) will be retained to enhance tourism, being the only official airstrip in the...
    • Housing Policy
      430. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the part V properties transferred to local authorities for social housing will be included in the tenant purchase scheme;...
    • Rental Sector
      431. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average rent for the Skibbereen, Bantry, and Clonakilty local areas, by quarter, from 2019 to date. [29668/24]
    • Meteorological Services
      433. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE hydro-meteorologist working in Met Éireann in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form....
    • Electoral Process
      434. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Ireland is a party to the 1990 Copenhagen Document; if he will conduct a review to ensure Ireland is in alignment with the...
    • Water Supply
      435. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the funding will be announced for the Multi Annual Water Programme 2024-2026; when funding will be announced for projects...
    • Housing Schemes
      437. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses or apartments not being progressed by Cork County Council for each month to date for 2024 under the cost...
    • Vacant Sites
      438. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the value of unpaid vacant site levies for Cork county for the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Housing Schemes
      439. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will make the mortgage-to-rent scheme available under the fresh start principle to ensure that a parent with their...
    • Gorse Burning
      440. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of gorse fire incidents across Cork county for years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; the number of...
    • Housing Policy
      441. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for implementation of a national policy on right-sizing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29721/24]
    • Wastewater Treatment
      442. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend and expand the septic tank grant to ensure upgrades can be availed of for all defective tanks, irrespective...
    • Housing Schemes
      443. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority home loans approved and drawn down for Cork county for 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in...
    • Defective Building Materials
      444. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the work of the interdepartmental group to consider what further regulatory measures may be required for OMCs...
    • Vacant Properties
      446. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of vacant and derelict homes brought back into use in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024,...
    • Departmental Bodies
      448. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current levels of staffing in the Residential Tenancies Board; the current number of vacant positions; and the total...
    • Rental Sector
      449. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered the impact of the rent pressure zone legislation on tenants and landlords when extending the...
    • Housing Schemes
      450. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of people who have avoided homelessness following the introduction of indefinite tenancies; and if he will make a...
    • Rental Sector
      451. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to increase private residential rental supply, amid an exodus of landlords from the market; and if...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      452. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider funding phase 2 of a specific water, wastewater project in County Cork (details supplied) under the...
    • Water Services
      453. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the funding of larger scale infrastructure projects by Uisce Éireann; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Local Authorities
      454. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he would consider introducing a rates waiver scheme for businesses who are adversely affected by severe and prolonged...
    • Housing Provision
      455. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of people on the Westmeath County Council housing waiting list, by number of years, area of choice, and type of...
    • Local Authorities
      456. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what mechanisms are in place for local authorities to address a situation whereby they enter a turn-key arrangement with a...
    • Departmental Communications
      457. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by his Department; whether calls are recorded on each...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Payments
      458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to reassess the means test for social protection payments with a view to increasing the disregard for both...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      459. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person will hear the outcome of an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Budget 2025
      461. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to respond to a pre-Budget 2025 submission (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29174/24]
    • Social Welfare Rates
      462. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to increase the weekly carer’s allowance income disregard to €1,250 (couples) and €625 (single carers)...
    • Social Welfare Code
      465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will support the proposal that the carer’s allowance means test should be based on net, not gross, income, in...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to increase the weekly travel allowance allowed in the carer’s allowance means test from €15 to €50 to...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to increase the 18.5-hour ceiling for people in receipt of carer’s allowance who want to undertake training or...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will support the request of an organisation (details supplied) to make the carer's allowance a qualifying payment for...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in the appeal against the refusal of disability allowance in the case of a person (details...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has ever used artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, in drafting Dáil speeches or responses to...
    • Departmental Equipment
      473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of laptops or mobile phones owned by her Department that have been lost or stolen in each of the past ten years....
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will explain the process by which individuals on illness benefit can transition to invalidity payment; and if measures...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      475. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason those on illness benefit are not entitled to the fuel allowance payment. [29323/24]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      476. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what happens to unclaimed child benefit payments for children under six months of age; and if there is a provision for these...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      477. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a provision is in place for widowers who become eligible for free travel to also receive a free pass for a travelling...
    • School Meals Programme
      478. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the evaluation process for school meals programmes; the measures taken to address issues such as...
    • Tax Credits
      479. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that a person lost 52 Class S contributions due to the fact of having one week of Class A employment. [29357/24]
    • Widow's Pension
      480. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she will introduce legislation for cohabiting couples to give them access to the widow’s pension, following the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      481. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount her Department has paid each external security company to provide security personnel at Intreo offices to date in...
    • Environmental Schemes
      482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider including the ECO scheme in the list of payments from farm environmental schemes which have disregards...
    • Departmental Data
      483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average, median, maximum and minimum number of recipients for the carers support grant in 2022, 2023 and 2024. [29551/24]
    • Immigration Policy
      484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection on foot of the new rules for Ukrainians living in State accommodation, what steps are being taken to address current waiting...
    • State Pensions
      485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused the State pension (contributory) having paid sufficient PRSI...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      486. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of a review of an application for a domiciliary care allowance in the case of a...
    • Pension Provisions
      489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there will be any changes to the pension (non-contributory) received by Ukrainian refugees who arrived in Ireland before...
    • Ukraine War
      490. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there will be any changes to the social welfare supports received by Ukrainian refugees who arrived in Ireland before...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a recent application for a disability allowance can be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • State Pensions
      493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in 2025 if the State pension (contributory) increased by €15 per week. [29688/24]
    • Departmental Websites
      494. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all social welfare claim forms can be available to download online; if she is aware of the delay between emailing a...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide details of education/upskilling courses available under the back to education scheme; the measures being taken to...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if free travel can be provided for all means tested social welfare recipients to promote the use of public transport; and if...
    • Departmental Staff
      497. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current levels of staffing in the Social Welfare Appeals Office; the current number of vacant positions; and the total...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of members of the Defence Forces who applied for the working family payment; the number who claimed the working...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      499. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for clarification regarding a carer’s allowance application in respect of a person in County Kerry (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Communications
      500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by her Department; whether calls are recorded on each...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • International Agreements
      501. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the ongoing delay in Ireland ratifying the Budapest Convention, which, apart from cyber crime, is also a...
    • Legislative Measures
      502. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish the heads of a Bill, arising from the conclusion of the consultation process in 2022, to set aside, or...
    • Departmental Programmes
      503. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the IIP unit failed to make contact with a community organisation as committed to in correspondence (details...
    • Legal Aid
      504. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline, in relation to a case (details supplied) where a mother was no longer provided with legal aid as it was...
    • Crime Prevention
      506. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to report on the progress to date of the Ballymun implementation board which was announced on 13 February 2023; when the board...
    • An Garda Síochána
      508. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to roads policing units in Cork west; if there was an increase of eleven members in one...
    • Prison Service
      509. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of people detained in the Irish Prison Service on 1 July 2024; the extent to which the Irish Prison Service is...
    • Courts Service
      511. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of judges that have participated in special training in interacting with victims of sexual crime; and if she will...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      512. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has ever used artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, in drafting Dáil speeches or responses to...
    • Departmental Equipment
      513. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of laptops or mobile phones owned by her Department that have been lost or stolen in each of the past ten years....
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      514. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the ongoing, chronic drug use and anti-social behaviour at Moore Lane, beside the Rotunda Maternity...
    • Immigration Policy
      515. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to list all countries which are currently designated as safe countries for the purposes of Irish asylum applications; to list...
    • An Garda Síochána
      517. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality why An Garda Síochána will not release the old garda station at Glenfarne, County Leitrim, back to the local...
    • Immigration Policy
      518. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale for not adding Nigeria and Pakistan to Ireland’s safe countries list, given that both countries appear to...
    • Legislative Measures
      519. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how the designation of a politically exposed person was transcribed into Irish law; and whether such a designation applies to a...
    • Legislative Reviews
      520. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she intends to scrap article 19A of the Criminal Evidence Act 1992 (details supplied); and if she will ensure that article...
    • International Agreements
      522. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the likely date of ratification of the second optional protocol on the UNCRC on the sale of children, child prostitution and...
    • Family Reunification
      524. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be reached on a family reunification visa appeal (details supplied) in view of the length of time it is...
    • International Protection
      525. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 421 of 21 May 2024, the number of applicants for international protection who have been...
    • Citizenship Applications
      526. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress in determining an application for citizenship for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Courts Service
      527. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality where a courts service item resides (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29585/24]
    • Family Reunification
      529. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) to...
    • Legal Aid
      530. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting time for applicants for civil legal aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29628/24]
    • Legislative Programme
      531. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update regarding the introduction of the Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2024; if this will be published as a matter of...
    • Courts Service
      533. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide the cost of the court fees and their associated excise duty relating to special exemption orders being waived from...
    • An Garda Síochána
      534. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on works on Leighlinbridge Garda station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29338/24]
    • Public Sector Staff
      535. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of WTE immigration officers, by grade and gender, employed by her Department working in Dublin Airport as of 3 July...
    • An Garda Síochána
      536. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full-year costs in 2025 if the number of dogs in the Garda dog unit increased to 50. [29680/24]
    • Legislative Programme
      537. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill; and when this Bill will move to the next stage. [29681/24]
    • Legislative Measures
      539. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has plans to update the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2003. [29683/24]
    • Immigration Status
      542. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current processing times for applications for change of status (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Domestic Violence
      543. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in providing a refuge centre in counties Cavan and Monaghan for victims of domestic abuse; and if she will...
    • Legislative Measures
      544. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the proposals there are to amend domestic violence legislation taking in to account that safety orders and protection orders do...
    • An Garda Síochána
      545. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position on the Garda vetting review; what specifically is being reviewed for improving the current system in place; and if...
    • Domestic Violence
      546. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures in place for victims of domestic violence under the current restorative justice systems; what further measures are...
    • Policing Co-operation
      547. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when local community safety partnerships will be established in Cork county; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Domestic Violence
      548. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to advise in regard to funding which has been sanctioned for the kit out of the new premises of Wexford women’s refuge...
    • An Garda Síochána
      549. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí committed to community policing in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make...
    • Citizenship Applications
      553. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on an application by a person (details supplied) for citizenship. [29833/24]
    • An Garda Síochána
      554. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 426 of 23 April 2024, the reason a review of the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 cannot...
    • Legislative Measures
      556. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will compile an official guide outlining the rules and responsibilities of all stakeholders under the...
    • Visa Applications
      557. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason waiting times for visit a family/friend visas, short-term visits to Ireland, are taking over a year to process when...
    • Data Protection
      559. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current levels of staffing in the Data Protection Commissioner; the current number of vacant positions; and the total...
    • Courts Staff
      560. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current levels of staffing in the Courts Service; the current number of vacant positions; and the total target workforce....
    • Departmental Communications
      562. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by her Department; whether calls are recorded on each...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Schemes
      563. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an ECO and hardship payment will issue to a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Greyhound Industry
      565. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Greyhound Racing Ireland, GRI, previously Bord na gCon, has ever provided funding to the current or previous owners of Lifford...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      566. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of thoroughbreds rehomed through two organisations (details supplied) and all bodies his Department funds in each of...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      567. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to ensure appropriate action is taken by his Department with respect to a site in Drogheda (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Animal Welfare
      568. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current location of the horses moved from Straffan; in whose care they are in; what verified condition they are in; the reason...
    • Animal Passports
      569. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the requirements when taking a dog from Ireland to the UK and returning from the UK to Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      571. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has ever used artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, in drafting Dáil speeches or responses to...
    • Departmental Equipment
      572. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of laptops or mobile phones owned by his Department that have been lost or stolen in each of the past ten years. [29290/24]
    • Animal Slaughtering
      573. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact the UK has banned the export of live animals for slaughter or for fattening before...
    • Animal Diseases
      574. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he is taking to mitigate or reduce cattle-to-cattle TB transmission across farm boundaries where neighbouring farms with...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      575. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown of the number of farmers still waiting on ACRES payments; the percentage of farmers who have been paid in...
    • Environmental Policy
      576. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps envisaged by the European Union to introduce a framework for carbon farming, and the processes through which farm progress...
    • Forestry Sector
      578. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the terms of support for the plantation of new forestry; the increase that this represents compared to what was there before; the...
    • Beef Sector
      579. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the national beef welfare scheme 2024 will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29499/24]
    • Animal Slaughtering
      580. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to establish and or licence a new equine abattoir in the State; and if he will clarify the status of horses that were due...
    • Departmental Licences
      581. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of concerns about a licence application by an organisation (details supplied). [29572/24]
    • Animal Welfare
      582. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 370 of 28 May 2024, if his Department inspected a facility (details supplied) as a result of...
    • Nitrates Usage
      585. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who applied for the nitrates derogation in 2023 and 2024 to date for Cork county; the average amount those...
    • Agriculture Industry
      586. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking with concerns brought to him by the farming sector in relation to the over-regulation of this sector, and...
    • Livestock Issues
      587. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle sold through livestock marts in County Cork that were subsequently slaughtered within 20 days; the number that...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      589. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what engagement he has had with the farming sector on the re-wetting of lands under the nature restoration Bill; the clarification he...
    • Departmental Communications
      590. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by their Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline;...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Disabilities Assessments
      591. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child in County Kerry (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an early intervention...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      592. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the standard emergency plan that exists to accommodate adults in need of residential care if their carer,...
    • Disability Services
      593. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the budgetary measures implemented since 2020 to support and improve services for adults with additional needs,...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      594. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps the Government is taking to address the drop in the number of Naíonraí in the country, from...
    • Disability Services
      595. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine the case for respite for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • International Protection
      597. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the Government's response to the eviction notices issued to parents and children living...
    • Parental Leave
      600. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider increasing maternity, paternity and parental leave for parents of multiple births; and if he...
    • Disability Services
      601. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total funding provided to each of the CHO areas for CDNT services from 2015 to date, including the total...
    • Care Services
      603. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available to a carer who needs to purchase a car for the purpose of transporting the individual...
    • International Protection
      604. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of a situation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29186/24]
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      605. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the delay in awarding compensation, under the mother and baby institutions payment scheme, to a...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      606. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has ever used artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, in drafting Dáil speeches or...
    • Departmental Equipment
      607. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of laptops or mobile phones owned by his Department that have been lost or stolen in each of the past...
    • Legislative Measures
      609. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on whether emergency legislation to protect the privately-held administrative records of institutions...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      610. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his position regarding requests by an organisation (details supplied) to provide sustainable funding for...
    • Departmental Staff
      611. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE accountants employed by his Department in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular...
    • Departmental Bodies
      613. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports his Department is making available to the special rapporteur on racism and members of the national...
    • Care Services
      615. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the recent drive to end profit in the social care sector in Wales (details supplied); his...
    • Wage-setting Mechanisms
      616. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when section 39 employees will receive their pay increase following the pay agreement reached in October 2023;...
    • Childcare Services
      617. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number, and percentage, of registered childcare providers who are not taking part in the core funding model;...
    • Disability Services
      619. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made in children's disability services since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in...
    • Home Care Packages
      622. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made in personal assistance and home support services since 27 June 2020; the additional funding...
    • Disability Services
      623. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made in respite services since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in successive budgets;...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      625. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early childhood education providers in Cork, by local area, from 2018 to date. [29667/24]
    • Social Workers Register
      626. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE psychiatric social workers employed by Tusla in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024,...
    • Childcare Services
      627. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of schemes available through his Department to enable the provision of new facilities and upgrading...
    • Child Protection
      629. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on his engagement with the relevant stakeholders, including foster families, on the proposed...
    • Disability Services
      630. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons with disabilities that received home support hours in CH04 up to the end of June 2024; the...
    • Childcare Services
      631. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures being taken to address the staff shortage and retention issues in childcare facilities; the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      632. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current demand for the early childhood care and education scheme in Cork county and Cork city; how any...
    • Employment Schemes
      633. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the Programme for Government’s commitment to double the target for employment of people...
    • Maternity Leave
      634. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, in relation to amendments to the Maternity Protection Act 2004 allowing for the postponement of maternity...
    • Child and Family Agency
      635. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of a review being conducted by Tusla (details supplied). [29845/24]
    • International Protection
      636. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the specific concerns raised following a site visit by the Ukraine compliance team to a site (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Communications
      641. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by their Department; whether calls are...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services Staff
      642. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure pay parity for section 39 organisations who provide vital dementia services and standardise rates of pay for critical home care workers; and...
    • Primary Care Centres
      643. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the progress on compiling the business case for the development of a primary care centre for the region of An Cheathrú Rua and Leitir...
    • Health Services Staff
      644. To ask the Minister for Health to review and respond to concerns raised by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29916/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      645. To ask the Minister for Health the number on the waiting list for CAMHS for the month of June 2024, by CHO, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29034/24]
    • Mental Health Policy
      646. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the Bill to reform the Mental Health Act 2001; when it will be published; if he expects this to pass through the Houses of the Oireachtas...
    • Mortality Rates
      648. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children up to the age of 18 years who died from sudden infant death syndrome or sudden unexpected death in childhood in each county in the past...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      649. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a physiotherapy appointment. [29043/24]
    • Medicinal Products
      650. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the provision of funding for the drug palforzia in Ireland being made available to help reduce allergic reactions to peanuts for children aged 4...
    • Hospital Equipment
      652. To ask the Minister for Health when the CT scanner at University Hospital Kerry will be fixed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29094/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      653. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment at Sligo University Hospital; if the referral was routine or urgent; and if he...
    • Mental Health Services
      654. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE was approached by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the possibility of partnering with it to provide services, including a pilot...
    • Medicinal Products
      655. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the drug enhertu, and the current status of its application. [29100/24]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      656. To ask the Minister for Health when a former HSE employee will receive the Covid-19 pandemic recognition payment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29109/24]
    • Primary Care Services
      658. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the details on the total funding provided for primary care services to each of the CHO areas, to include the total numbers of population served in...
    • Health Services
      659. To ask the Minister for Health for a timeline on the provision of extra transport services to a day centre in County Sligo (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Schemes
      660. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive full payment in relation to monies that are owed from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Staff
      661. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses recruited to work in each hospital in the country in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [29138/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      662. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses who have left their jobs in each hospital in the country in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [29139/24]
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      663. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses who have lost their licence/registration number in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [29140/24]
    • Departmental Data
      664. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adverse incidents that were recorded in the health service in total in 2023 and for each of the previous ten years; the number of adverse...
    • State Claims Agency
      665. To ask the Minister for Health the number of health service-related claims that have been lodged with the State Claims Agency for each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; and the...
    • Health Service Executive
      666. To ask the Minister for Health the total annual budget allocated by the HSE for medical record transfer and management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29144/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      667. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of laboratories within the health service operating genomics services for patients; the number of WTE and grades in each location; the...
    • Health Service Executive
      668. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of genomics samples sent outside the State for analysis in each of the past five years; the annual cost in each year; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Facilities
      669. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 379 of 25 June 2024, the plans for the relocation of the laboratory facilities at Temple Street Children’s...
    • Hospital Services
      670. To ask the Minister for Health the situation regarding beds at St. James's Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29149/24]
    • Health Service Executive
      671. To ask the Minister for Health the reason trainee student occupational therapists who are attending ATU Letterkenny and have to do an eight-week placement have been told that they cannot do...
    • Health Services
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the reason patients from an area (details supplied) are being directed to Santry; and the number of patients who have been redirected from a named health...
    • Hospital Services
      673. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for a provision of a diabetes unit in University Hospital Waterford as the only level 4 hospital without such a unit; and if he will make a...
    • Health Strategies
      674. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the launch of Ireland’s cervical cancer elimination strategy this year; the measures he intends to take to help increase vaccination rates...
    • Clinical Trials
      675. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to improve the availability and uptake of oncology clinical trials in Ireland; the resources being allocated to achieve this goal; and if he...
    • Health Services
      676. To ask the Minister for Health to list the members of the HSE’s national immunisation oversight committee (NIOC) and their respective positions, in tabular form; to explain the role...
    • European Council
      677. To ask the Minister for Health for an update in relation to his Department’s activities at the EPSCO (Health) Council on 21 June; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29167/24]
    • Healthcare Policy
      679. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the most recent report of an organisation (details supplied); if an updated report on data since 2021 has been compiled or is in the process...
    • Vaccination Programme
      680. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the most recent data on the national vaccination coverage rate for adults eligible to receive the pneumococcal vaccine through the national...
    • Cancer Services
      681. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the lung cancer early detection pilot scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29173/24]
    • Budget 2025
      682. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to a pre-Budget 2025 submission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29176/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      683. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people attending in-reach psychiatry services in the Irish Prison Service on 1 July 2024; the number attending the National Forensic Mental...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      685. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); when an appointment will be offered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29187/24]
    • Primary Care Services
      686. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged zero to 18 years of age waiting for primary care appointments, broken down by discipline in each CHO; the length of time children...
    • Home Care Packages
      688. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the request of an organisation (details supplied) to invest €5.5 million, including €1 million for dementia-specific day care...
    • Mental Health Services
      697. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents on waiting lists for primary care psychology services; and the length of time they have been on said waiting lists, by...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      698. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people with disabilities currently employed in the HSE; if the same figures are available for the years 2020 to 2023; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      699. To ask the Minister for Health if a person can be compensated for a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29227/24]
    • National Children's Hospital
      700. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the new National Children’s Hospital is fully lit up at night once construction has ceased for the day; the estimated number of electrical...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      701. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have instigated legal action against the HSE over the death of their loved ones from Covid-19 in HSE-run nursing homes or hospitals;...
    • Hospital Closures
      702. To ask the Minister for Health to list the psychiatric hospitals which have closed in the State in the past thirty years; the dates on which they closed; the bed capacity of each; the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      703. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 25 April 2024, if he will investigate if there was an entitlement to the Covid pandemic payment in the case of a...
    • Fire Service
      704. To ask the Minister for Health if the relevant departments will work together to explore how members of the fire service can supplement the work of the ambulance service in response to...
    • Health Services Staff
      707. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the number of primary care psychology posts which are currently frozen under the recruitment embargo, by role and CHO, in tabular form. [29247/24]
    • Health Service Executive
      712. To ask the Minister for Health to list the members of the HSE’s National Immunisation Oversight Committee, NIOC, and their respective positions, in tabular form; to explain the role...
    • EU Meetings
      713. To ask the Minister for Health for an update in relation to his Department’s activities at the EPSCO (Health) Council on 21 June 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Vaccination Programme
      714. To ask the Minister for Health to report on Ireland’s contribution on combatting vaccine-preventable cancers at the EPSCO (Health) Council on 21 June 2024; the reason for not...
    • Infectious Diseases
      715. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied); whether an updated report on data since 2021 has been compiled or is in the process of being...
    • Vaccination Programme
      716. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the most recent data on the national vaccination coverage rate for adults eligible to receive the pneumococcal vaccine through the national...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      718. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has ever used artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, in drafting Dáil speeches or in drafting responses to Parliamentary Questions.;...
    • Departmental Equipment
      719. To ask the Minister for Health the number of laptops or mobile phones owned by his Department that have been lost or stolen in each of the past ten years. [29299/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      720. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) has been waiting a long time for a much-needed procedure.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29308/24]
    • Cancer Services
      721. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that essential radiology scans for cancer care patients on maintenance treatments, which must happen at three-month...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      722. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the provision of services for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29319/24]
    • Healthcare Policy
      723. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider an outright ban on the use of sunbeds in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29330/24]
    • Health Services
      724. To ask the Minister for Health if a company has been recruited to run the proposed step-down facility for UHL that it is proposed will be based in Nenagh community nursing home; if so, the...
    • Home Help Service
      725. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours provided by the HSE to residents in Limerick, Clare and north Tipperary for each of the years 2019 to 2023, in tabular form....
    • Nursing Homes
      727. To ask the Minister for Health if the in-depth feasibility study that was being carried out by the HSE regarding the potential acquisition of a nursing home (details supplied) has been...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      728. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29356/24]
    • Medical Cards
      729. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to increase the remuneration paid to opticians for standard eye exams and glasses for medical card holders; the amount of the increase; and if he...
    • Nursing Homes
      730. To ask the Minister for Health if a price has been agreed for the purchase of a nursing home (details supplied) and site in Roscrea that has been referenced in the HSE's capital plan; and...
    • Health Services
      732. To ask the Minister for Health his position regarding requests by an organisation (details supplied) to provide sustainable funding for national physiotherapy services for people with...
    • Hospital Staff
      733. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct his Department to investigate an issue (details supplied); if management at Tallaght Hospital was aware of these facts before taking this...
    • Departmental Funding
      734. To ask the Minister for Health if funding has been approved for a charity (details supplied); if so, when it will receive the funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29384/24]
    • Hospital Services
      735. To ask the Minister for Health the services purchased by Naas General Hospital under the National Treatment Purchase Plan for the years 2022 to 2024; and the breakdown of services provided,...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      736. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to establish a postnatal hub in Wicklow. [29388/24]
    • Ambulance Service
      737. To ask the Minister for Health the WTE staffing composition of the National Ambulance Service as of 1 June 2022, 1 June 2023 and 1 June 2024, in tabular form. [29389/24]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      738. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the progress made in assessing the suitability of the Palmershill site in Cashel, County Tipperary for the proposed community nursing...
    • Health Services Staff
      739. To ask the Minister for Health if all podiatry services previously at local health clinics across Sligo have been relocated to a central hub in Sligo town; if so, the reason; if this will be...
    • Mental Health Services
      742. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the services being provided under CAMHS and POLL at a centre (details supplied); the operating hours for services; the number of staff;...
    • Health Services
      745. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 12 June 2024, his views on the reply and assertions therein (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Strategies
      746. To ask the Minister for Health how health delivery will be improved for communities outside the major population centres by the introduction of his e-health strategy; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      747. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for an acid test for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [29540/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      749. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who having been referred for an autism assessment by the public health nurse in September 2022 has yet to...
    • Home Care Packages
      750. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a pause on the roll-out of dementia-specific intensive home care packages in Waterford/CHO5, citing a need for clarity on a...
    • Mental Health Services
      751. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who were on the child psychology primary care waiting list but aged out of the service, from 2018 to date, by CHO and LHO, in tabular...
    • Health Services
      752. To ask the Minister for Health if dental care can be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29589/24]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      754. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of staff carpark spaces available at University Hospital Limerick for each year from 2014 to 2024 to date, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Health Services Staff
      756. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the total number of WTE staff, by job title and grade, employed at University Hospital Limerick for each of the years from 2014 to 2024...
    • Ambulance Service
      757. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in improving access to urgent and emergency care, including critical care, trauma services and the national ambulance service since 27 June...
    • Cancer Services
      758. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in improving access to cancer services since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in successive budgets; his plans for 2024; and if...
    • Community Care
      759. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in improving access to primary care and enhanced community care since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in successive budgets;...
    • Mental Health Services
      760. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in improving access to mental health services since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in successive budgets; his plans for 2024;...
    • Health Services
      761. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in improving access to children's health services since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in successive budgets; his plans for...
    • Mental Health Services
      765. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 364 of 18 June 2024, if the information sought will be provided (details supplied); the exact breakdown of psychology...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      767. To ask the Minister for Health when the necessary funds via the national treatment purchase scheme will be made available to facilitate urgent spinal fusion surgery in the case of a person...
    • National Children's Hospital
      768. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department sought to curtail spending in order to meet the rising construction costs of the national children’s hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      769. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 374 of 18 June 2024, to provide an update on Graiguecullen health centre and the restoration of services that were...
    • Health Service Executive
      770. To ask the Minister for Health if the current HSE inspection regime for vaping products entering the Irish market is adequately resourced to track all potential instances of non-compliant...
    • Legislative Measures
      771. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the progress of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024; when the general scheme will be referred to the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      772. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the reopening on Lettermacaward GP surgery in County Donegal; if patients registered there can still attend Glenties GP surgery for treatment;...
    • Hospital Services
      773. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have attended each outpatient clinic in Beaumont Hospital to date in 2024. [29678/24]
    • Home Help Service
      774. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify, further to Parliamentary Question No. 622 of 16 April 2024, if there are home care staff in Ireland currently approved to administer eye drops for...
    • Hospital Staff
      775. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the recruitment of a consultant neurologist for Bantry General Hospital. [29693/24]
    • Hospital Services
      776. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the case of a child (details supplied) who, having been referred to UHL ENT section by their GP as an urgent issue for ongoing ear...
    • EU Directives
      777. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Cross Border Directive money is being reduced (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29706/24]
    • Health Services
      778. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Cervical Check smear testing samples contracted out to foreign laboratories for testing for the years 2022, 2023 and to the end of June 2024; to...
    • EU Directives
      779. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure on the cross-Border Directive for each of the years 2022 to 2023, and to date in 2024, in tabular form; the number of patients treated...
    • Cancer Services
      780. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure on contracting out radiotherapy treatment for public patients to private providers in CH04 for each of the years 2021 to 2023, and to...
    • Health Services
      781. To ask the Minister for Health the number of active day centres in each county; the population and demographics of each county compared to the number of active day centres, in tabular form;...
    • General Practitioner Services
      782. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the use of private out-of-hours services or private 24-hour access doctors to alleviate the long delays in medical card patients accessing...
    • Medical Cards
      783. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the total number of people with medical cards, per county, in each of the years 2019-2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • General Practitioner Services
      784. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the total number of people with GP visit cards, per county, in each of the years 2019-2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Vaccination Programme
      787. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the HPV vaccination catch-up programme extension review; to provide a timeline by which a decision will be reached; and if he will make a...
    • Dental Services
      788. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists operating under the DTSS scheme who are operating in Carrigaline, County Cork. [29822/24]
    • Medicinal Products
      789. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a shortage of tyvense medication, which is used to treat conditions such as a ADHD; the measures his Department is taking to ensure an...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      790. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on changes to the long-Covid payment for front-line HSE staff; and if this payment will be continued for a person (details...
    • Vaccination Programme
      791. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will expand the RSV vaccine roll-out to include all babies aged under six months by September 2024 in line with NIAC recommendations; and if...
    • Health Service Executive
      792. To ask the Minister for Health the discussions the HSE has had with the owner of a facility (details supplied) in order for the HSE to take over the running of the facility; and if he will...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      793. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on the public waiting list for cataract removal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29906/24]
    • EU Directives
      795. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people from Kerry who have availed of the Cross Border Directive scheme refund for cataract removal procedures, in the past five years, in...
    • Health Services Staff
      799. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the provision of employers certificate of competency to certain staff...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      801. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults currently waiting on a residential bed, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29918/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      802. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the CNM2 salary scale at an organisation (details supplied) has not been extended by the addition of one further scale point; the reason the long...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      803. To ask the Minister for Health the grants that are available for older people towards the cost of a mobility scooter. [29921/24]
    • Gender Recognition
      804. To ask the Minister for Health for details of the national gender service's past and current involvement with the Northern Ireland gender identity service review. [29941/24]
    • Public Sector Pensions
      808. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements made under the waiver of pension abatement for front-line staff in the context of the Covid-19 vaccination programme; the length of time the...
    • Health Services Staff
      810. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to hear an outcome to their claim for improved pay and conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Sector Pay
      811. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) concerning the recent public sector pay deal as it relates to the health sector; and...
    • Departmental Policies
      812. To ask the Minister for Health if he would consider contracting a private speech and language therapist to address the backlog at the HSE in Springfield, Mullingar; and his plans to address...
    • Departmental Advertising
      813. To ask the Minister for Health if he would consider carrying out an advertisement campaign across local papers promoting day care services that are available for older people within the...
    • Cancer Services
      814. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to implement the hereditary cancer model of care (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29979/24]
    • Departmental Communications
      815. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by his Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline; and if not, whether he would...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Grant Payments
      816. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a SUSI application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29976/24]
    • Public Sector Pay
      817. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain and address the pay discrepancy between personal assistants working in further education and funded by either the HEA or Solas...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      818. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has ever used artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, in drafting Dáil speeches or responses to Parliamentary Questions;...
    • Departmental Equipment
      819. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of laptops or mobile phones owned by his Department that have been lost or stolen in each of the past ten years. [29298/24]
    • Grant Payments
      820. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 25 June 2024, when the details will be published; whether this pilot scheme will only apply to a...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      822. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in skills and apprenticeships since 27 June 2020; the new initiatives undertaken; the additional funding provided for them; and...
    • Further and Higher Education
      823. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in further education since 27 June 2020; the new initiatives undertaken; the additional funding provided for them; and if he...
    • Research and Development
      824. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in the research and innovation sectors since 27 June 2020; the new initiatives undertaken; the additional funding provided for...
    • Grant Payments
      825. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a SUSI grant can be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Contracts
      826. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of contracts his Department had with an organisation (details supplied) in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the nature of...
    • Third Level Staff
      827. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on new contracts being effective for September 2024 for Education and Training Board tutors; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      828. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans on expanding on the current training centres nationwide to provide the in-class training modules under apprenticeship programmes; and...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      829. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what role Ireland has in developing and shaping the use of artificial intelligence in transforming how education is delivered by our tertiary...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      830. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to create apprenticeships to support the growing renewable energy sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29802/24]
    • Third Level Education
      831. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for expanding the current supports in terms of mental health service across third level education facilities; and if he will make a...
    • Third Level Costs
      832. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for increasing the funding available to third level institutions under the student assistance fund; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Functions
      833. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the national training fund has ever been in deficit; if so, when; how this deficit arose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29928/24]
    • Departmental Communications
      835. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by his Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline; and if not,...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Legislative Measures
      836. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current regulatory framework that applies to funeral directors and crematoriums; and if he plans to introduce legislation to...
    • Road Projects
      837. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a breakdown, per year, of the funding provided under the local improvement scheme, in tabular form. [29232/24]
    • Artificial Intelligence
      839. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has ever used artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, in drafting Dáil speeches or to Parliamentary...
    • Departmental Equipment
      840. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of laptops or mobile phones owned by her Department that have been lost or stolen in each of the past ten years. [29303/24]
    • Departmental Schemes
      841. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made from the first batch of town centre first projects; the value of projects agreed; and the learnings from this round...
    • Water Safety
      842. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her recent engagements with the board of Water Safety Ireland regarding recommended staffing and equipment guidelines for lifeguarding...
    • Departmental Funding
      843. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an application by an organisation (details supplied) to Pobal for funding for an additional full-time worker; and if she...
    • Departmental Schemes
      844. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the range of schemes, and their value, for regional development, in the past two years; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Rural Schemes
      845. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on her Department's efforts in dealing with rural isolation and loneliness; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Control of Dogs
      846. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the progression of changes under the Control of Dogs Act 1986; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29769/24]
    • Departmental Schemes
      847. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will review the application process under CLÁR to provide different measures under the current scheme; and if she will...
    • Departmental Funding
      848. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated to County Cork from her Department in the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Policies
      849. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on her commitments for delivery under the policy for sustainable rural development, published in March 2021; and if she...
    • National Broadband Plan
      850. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development what new initiatives under rural connectivity created by the National Broadband Plan are being considered to deliver new services...
    • Road Projects
      851. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures being taken to address the backlog in local improvement scheme applications for Cork County; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      852. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number and details of funding drawn down for projects awarded under the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme for the past five...
    • Departmental Meetings
      854. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the meetings that have taken place in Government regarding the purchase of a property (details supplied); the dates of those meetings;...
    • Departmental Communications
      855. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by her Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline; and...

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