Written answers
Wednesday, 10 July 2024
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Staff
12. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff employed in his Department’s press office in each of the past 24 months, in tabular form. [29261/24]
- Commissions of Inquiry
13. To ask the Taoiseach the timeline for the investigation into the Government’s handling of the covid-19 pandemic. [29231/24]
- State Apologies
14. To ask the Taoiseach if he will list the State apologies issued by Taoisigh in the past 20 years. [29562/24]
- Export Controls
15. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide assistance on an issue with regard to exports (details supplied); [30274/24]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
16. To ask the Taoiseach the totality of the funds requested and drawn down by his Department from EU sources in respect of covid-19 in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in...
- Passport Services
18. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the documentation received to date and currently outstanding on two passport applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Disaster Response
19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the EU have relief funds available to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines following the impact of Hurricane Beryl; what other international...
- Foreign Birth Registration
20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to expedite an application (details supplied) for registration on the register of foreign births. [30449/24]
- Equal Opportunities Employment
21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number and percentage of people with disabilities employed across his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department in each of...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Waste Management
22. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he aware of the 2018 Competition and Consumer Protection Commission report on household waste collection; if he has...
- Departmental Staff
24. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of WTE geologists and principal geologists for his Department in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular...
- Energy Infrastructure
25. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when it is intended to publish the electricity storage policy framework which was due to be published in Q2 of this...
- National Broadband Plan
28. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a connection to fibre broadband will be established in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the totality of the funds requested and drawn down by his Department from EU sources in respect of covid-19 in each of...
- Energy Conservation
30. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total amount of pre-committed capital investment in retrofit to 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
31. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the musical instruments purchased for the Defence Forces School of Music in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if those musical...
- Air Corps
32. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the flights flown by the Air Corps Pilatus PC-12 in May and June 2024; and the downtime or maintenance periods, if any, arising from such flights...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
33. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the totality of the funds requested and drawn down by his Department from EU sources in respect of Covid-19 in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and...
- Equal Opportunities Employment
34. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number and percentage of people with disabilities employed across his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department in each of the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Bus Services
35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any funding mechanisms for local authorities who wish to erect bus shelters in their locality; and if he will make a...
- Road Tolls
36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a full list of all toll roads; when the toll contract began with the operator; when the contract will conclude, in tabular...
- Driver Test
37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what supports are available to people who are not able to use computers to carry out their theory tests. [29986/24]
- Road Projects
38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the outcome of any recent discussions he had with his counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive in relation to the urgent need to...
- Departmental Data
39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of all-terrain vehicles/quad bikes, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30028/24]
- Departmental Schemes
40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total funds raised through the persons with reduced mobility charge, by airport, in each of the past five years; and if he will make a...
- Bus Services
43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a monthly breakdown of the number of bus services scheduled by Dublin Bus and Go Ahead in Dublin city; the number of those services...
- Road Network
44. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a dangerous junction in County Kerry (details supplied) will be modified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30148/24]
- Road Projects
45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether a funding application has been received from Cork City Council for footpath restoration and the removal of bollards on John F...
- National Car Test
46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the issue of NCT delays (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30154/24]
- Rail Network
47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the light rail system in Cork; and the stations that will be on the northside of Cork city. [30178/24]
- Bus Services
49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of BusConnects in Cork to date. [30192/24]
- Electric Vehicles
50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications received for the electric taxi vehicle grant; and the number approved to date in 2024. [30193/24]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the totality of the funds requested and drawn down by his Department from EU sources in respect of covid-19 in each of the years 2020 to...
- Driver Test
52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of people waiting for a driving test at each centre; and the average wait time from application to test. [30421/24]
- Driver Licences
54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he can address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); if the policy will be reviewed in light of this case; and if he...
- Road Projects
55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the northern ring road and the funding provided in each of the past 5 years, in tabular form. [30457/24]
- Cycling Facilities
56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided for new cycle lanes and cycle lane maintenance respectively in each of the past five years, by local authority, in...
- Road Safety
57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the provision of funding for traffic calming measures and the amount applied for in Cork city and county respectively in each of the past...
- Rail Network
59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to a railway station near Grenagh in Cork. [30462/24]
- Public Transport
60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on bringing back the catering trolley on the Dublin to Galway train line; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Finance
- Departmental Strategies
61. To ask the Minister for Finance in the context of the national disability and inclusion strategy, the work being done to make changes to the disabled drivers and passengers scheme; and if he...
- Universal Social Charge
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated increase to the Exchequer from USC contributions arising from applying minimum wage legislation to all craft apprentices; and if he will make a...
- Housing Schemes
63. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will permit the fresh start principle to be applied to the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30112/24]
- Housing Policy
64. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that officials in his Department had requested a copy of the Housing Commission report; the date the officials made this request; and the date...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the totality of the funds requested and drawn down by his Department from EU sources in respect of covid-19 in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in...
- Tax Rebates
66. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the flat-rate farmer’s refund order section 5.3 outdoor water trough systems to include plastic troughs which are not allowable under...
- Tax Data
67. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of taxes taken from fuel tax, VAT excise and carbon tax associated with petrol, diesel and home heating in 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will...
- Tax Reliefs
68. To ask the Minister for Finance the costs to the Exchequer of the bike-to-work scheme and the number of people that have availed of it since 2020, in tabular form. [30306/24]
- Equal Opportunities Employment
69. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and percentage of people with disabilities employed across his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department in each of the years 2020 to...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works
70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of requests the OPW have received seeking approval for promotional filming to be carried out at OPW heritage sites in 2022,...
- Equal Opportunities Employment
71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and percentage of people with disabilities employed across his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department in...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform how the Ireland 2040 aspiration for doubling the growth of Waterford has been operationalised in capital spending over the life of this...
- Regional Development
73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the changes that have been implemented by his Department to establish strategic funding across the regions; how this process is managed...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the totality of the funds requested and drawn down by his Department from EU sources in respect of covid-19 in each of the years 2020 to...
- Flood Risk Management
75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the tidal barrier for Cork city, and the funding provided for same, in each of the past five years, in tabular form....
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Public Sector Staff
76. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacant WTE staff by job title at the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission as of 3 July 2024; the estimated...
- Wastewater Treatment
77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is any grant to assist businesses in the hospitality sector to upgrade their sewage treatment facilities. [30116/24]
- EU Directives
78. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he can provide Ireland’s submission on the EU Directive to empower for the green transition, and the timeline and next steps...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
79. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the totality of the funds requested and drawn down by his Department from EU sources in respect of covid-19 in each of the years 2020...
- Exports Growth
80. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the key measures and initiatives taken in relation to boosting exports in indigenous Irish businesses since July 2020; his assessment...
- Employment Rights
81. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the key measures and initiatives taken in relation to the improving of employment rights since July 2020; his assessment of the impact...
- Departmental Schemes
82. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment about the uses of the trading online voucher scheme; and if this scheme can be used to avail of artificial intelligence products and...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available for summer camps for children with complex needs or autism. [30153/24]
- School Transport
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided in September for a person (details supplied). [30014/24]
- International Protection
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is financial support available for international protection applicants related to the purchase of school iPads; and if she will make a...
- Special Educational Needs
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 2 July 2024, to provide a detailed breakdown of the specific measures being taken to expand capacity...
- National Council for Special Education
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff, broken down by grade, specifying whether they are full time or part-time, that currently work with the National Council for...
- School Funding
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a request for additional funding by a school in County Cork (details supplied) for essential works under the emergency...
- Special Educational Needs
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills where exactly the new special school in County Kildare is to be located; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30082/24]
- National Educational Psychological Service
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided for NEPS services in Cork in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form. [30166/24]
- School Funding
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided for capital projects in Cork schools in each of the years 2019 to date, by year, in tabular form. [30167/24]
- Schools Building Projects
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school (details supplied) and the need for a new school building. [30168/24]
- School Staff
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school teachers employed in Cork in each of the years 2019 to date, by year, in tabular form. [30169/24]
- School Enrolments
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school students enrolled in Cork schools in each of the years 2019 to date, by year, in tabular form. [30170/24]
- School Funding
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided through the ICT grant to Cork schools in each of the years 2019 to date, by year, in tabular form. [30173/24]
- School Facilities
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received from schools in Cork under the major capital works scheme; and the number granted to date in 2024, in tabular...
- Irish Language
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will fulfil the promise in the programme for Government to develop a 'policy for the Irish language in the education system from preschool...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action her Department is taking to ensure that primary school classes are not exceeding the recommended class size cap of 30 pupils, given...
- School Transport
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the concerns regarding the school transport currently in operation for a school in County Wexford (details...
- Departmental Data
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of a 10% increase in guidance counselling hours. [30346/24]
- School Accommodation
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered an application (details supplied) for additional school accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Funding
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she received applications in the past two years from a school (details supplied) for repair works, including an external environmental...
- Foirne Scoile
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil i gceist aici, de bharr easpa múinteoirí ionadaíochta, síneadh a chur leis an gcead do mhúinteoirí a...
- School Transport
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is considering allowing bus companies who have buses that are over 20 years old, and have all the required certificates required by the...
- School Enrolments
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 4 July 2024, the position regarding the number of students that have more than one offer of a school...
- School Accommodation
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next summer works scheme will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30507/24]
- Special Educational Needs
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the new school building at a location (details supplied); if children from the special care unit in Johnstown will be...
- Equal Opportunities Employment
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and percentage of people with disabilities employed across her Department and bodies under the aegis of her Department in each of the...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Irish Language
114. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will examine a request for additional funding for the Irish language and the Gaeltacht (details supplied); and if she will...
- Departmental Schemes
115. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports that might be available to assist a certain arts organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
116. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost of increasing the funding for Údarás na Gaeltachta by 10%, 20% and 50%, in tabular form. [30077/24]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
118. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the totality of the funds requested and drawn down by her Department from EU sources in respect of Covid-19 in each of the years...
- Oideachas Riachtanas Speisialta
119. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sí sásta breis airgid a cheadú do champa samhraidh Gaeilge speisialta i gConamara do ghasúir...
- An Clár Caipitil Spóirt
120. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh maidir le hiarratas faoin scéim deontais caipitiúil...
- Equal Opportunities Employment
121. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number and percentage of people with disabilities employed across her Department and bodies under the aegis of her Department...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Wind Energy Guidelines
122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a date for the opening of the public consultation on the new draft Wind Energy Development guidelines. [30062/24]
- Planning Issues
123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail the measures being taken to ensure that the planning system can process applications related to vital energy...
- Defective Building Materials
124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the up-to-date position with respect to the square metre rates for the defective block grant scheme for each county; and when...
- Housing Schemes
125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the croí cónaithe cities fund will take the form of equity, a grant to the developer or a loan to the purchaser....
- Defective Building Materials
126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the per square meter grant rate paid to homeowners under the defective concrete block grant scheme is paid at the rate in...
- Departmental Functions
127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position in relation to the CCMA Section 10 funding review for a homeless service organisation in Cork (details supplied);...
- Defective Building Materials
128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications to the enhanced defective block redress scheme; the number of transfers from the old scheme; where...
- Legislative Process
129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any time limit exists between the enactment of a Bill to change the constitution and the holding of a referendum; and if he...
- Housing Provision
130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses likely to be approved to Kildare County Council for reletting or affordable sale from the various...
- Departmental Funding
131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the resources and support given by his Department in relation to a recent oil spill between Dublin and Wexford, which is...
- Housing Schemes
132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he would consider amending the vacant home grant from homes built up to, and including, the year 2013 and authorising an...
- Wastewater Treatment
133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is any grant to assist businesses in the hospitality sector to upgrade their sewage treatment facilities. [30120/24]
- Housing Schemes
134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes in each local authority supported under the first home scheme since its introduction in 2022, in tabular...
- Vacant Properties
136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has invited Cork City Council to make an application for the vacant properties (voids) programme; if such an application...
- Housing Schemes
137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of mortgage to rent applications to date in 2023 through approved housing bodies, local authorities and Home for...
- Student Accommodation
138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of purpose-built student accommodation units available in Cork city in September 2024. [30185/24]
- Vacant Properties
139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount collected, by local authority, in vacant sites levy since the levy was established, by year, in tabular form....
- Legislative Measures
140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on legislative amendments to allow for the renaming of streets. [30210/24]
- Public Sector Staff
141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE vacant homes officers employed, by local authority, in tabular form. [30212/24]
- Gaeltacht Policy
142. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the draft planning guidelines for the Gaeltacht, promised since 2021; and if he will make a statement on...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the totality of the funds requested and drawn down by his Department from EU sources in respect of covid-19 in each of the...
- Housing Provision
144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options local authorities have in implementing Part V planning in terms of accepting payment in lieu of houses and...
- Housing Policy
146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost of increasing housing adaptation grant thresholds by 10%. [30348/24]
- Wildlife Regulations
150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that any decision making on future regulations with regard to restricting the hunting of wild birds in...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the National Parks and Wildlife Service stakeholder forum will be established (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Compulsory Purchase Orders
152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided for compulsory purchase orders of properties and the number of properties compulsorily purchased in each...
- Derelict Sites
153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase collection of the derelict sites levy; to increase the number of sites on the register and the actions...
- Housing Policy
154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the local connection rule applies to people fleeing domestic violence seeking social housing support. [30456/24]
- Local Authorities
155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the level of housing rent arrears in each local authority for the past five years, in tabular form; and if...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Insurance
156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated increase to the Exchequer from PRSI contributions arising from applying minimum wage legislation to all craft...
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding provided to MABS in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024 respectively. [30181/24]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
158. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the living alone and fuel allowance eligibility criteria to carers in the context of the Budget 2025....
- Social Welfare Rates
159. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to increase the fuel allowance to €38 per week for the 2024-2025 period; and the average time to...
- Departmental Staff
160. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of WTE actuaries at assistant principal officer level employed by in her Department in 2022, 2023 and to-date in...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
161. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has advanced plans to ensure that people who are eligible on the basis of a common law marriage to apply for widows...
- Social Welfare Appeals
162. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to ensure that the disability appeal in the name of a person (details supplied) is expedited. [30060/24]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline, with regard to carer’s allowance, the timeframe she considers to be long-term when caring for an...
- State Pensions
165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to include carer’s benefit and carer’s allowance as credited contributions for the purposes...
- Social Welfare Appeals
166. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person in County Cork (details supplied) will receive a decision on their disability allowance appeal. [30092/24]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
167. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been unsuccessful in applying for disability allowance; if her Department will...
- State Pensions
168. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she expedite a decision on an application for a State pension (non-contributory) (details provided). [30142/24]
- Social Welfare Benefits
170. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average wait time for an urgent needs payment in Cork. [30187/24]
- Community Welfare Services
173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of community welfare officers employed in Cork in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [30190/24]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
174. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the totality of the funds requested and drawn down by her Department from EU sources in respect of Covid-19 in each of the...
- Social Welfare Appeals
175. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the appeal submitted by a person (details supplied) to the Social Welfare Appeals Office...
- Social Welfare Benefits
176. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports in place for those who are self-employed who are unable to work due to illness or injury; her future plans, if...
- Social Welfare Rates
177. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of providing a half-rate fuel allowance payment to households with a gross income of less than...
- Equal Opportunities Employment
178. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number and percentage of people with disabilities employed across her Department and bodies under the aegis of her...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Legal Aid
179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will restore fees paid to criminal barristers, to ensure effective administration of criminal justice. [29475/24]
- Departmental Data
180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes recorded in the Carrick-on-Suir Garda district, Tipperary, for the years 2014 to date; for a breakdown of...
- An Garda Síochána
181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the manual for Garda members was last updated in respect of dealing with ebikes, scooters, mopeds, scramblers, motorcycles...
- Environmental Investigations
183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of District Court enforcement proceedings for environmental and pollution breaches/offences brought by Kildare...
- Prison Service
184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners sleeping on mattresses, by prison, in tabular form; the number of prisoners sleeping more than one to a...
- Immigration Policy
185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures her Department followed in presenting the motion for Oireachtas approval of the Regulations and a Directive of...
- Family Reunification
187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in the context of her review of the family reunion policy for immigrants, if she has examined the possibility of extending the...
- An Garda Síochána
188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí currently working in each of the Garda stations in Cork, by rank, in tabular form. [30203/24]
- Public Sector Staff
190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the work done to date by the CEO of the Gambling Regulatory Authority. [30206/24]
- Crime Prevention
191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers who have availed of adult diversion programme in 2024. [30208/24]
- An Garda Síochána
192. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána has codified offences under the Control of Horses Act 2015; and if so, the number of arrest and...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the totality of the funds requested and drawn down by her Department from EU sources in respect of Covid-19 in each of the...
- Prison Service
194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in prison in Ireland, the length of their sentence, their age, and reason for their incarceration, in...
- Taxi Licences
197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the taxi drivers who have been disqualified and or had their SPSV driver licence revoked by An Garda Síochána in the...
- Taxi Regulations
199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any taxi driver has ever been prosecuted or sanctioned for failing to inform An Garda Síochána about a criminal...
- Road Traffic Offences
200. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people who have received a conviction for drink driving, by county or Garda district, in each of the past 15...
- Control of Firearms
206. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will engage with an organisation (details supplied) with regard to the firearms consultative panel; and if she will make...
- International Protection
208. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the projected costs of doubling funding to the International Protection Office and the International Protection Appeal...
- Domestic Violence
209. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of domestic abuse refuge beds in Cork in each of the past 5 years, in tabular form. [30455/24]
- Equal Opportunities Employment
211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and percentage of people with disabilities employed across her Department and bodies under the aegis of her...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Pesticide Use
212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of people who have undertaken the mandated health and safety course, by county, since the introduction of the Sustainable...
- Agriculture Schemes
213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers due a balancing payment on the suckler carbon efficiency program; when his Department will make these...
- Animal Welfare
215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided to Cork City Council for the control of horses in each of the first six months of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the totality of the funds requested and drawn down by his Department from EU sources in respect of covid-19 in each of the years 2020...
- Animal Slaughtering
218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of licensed or certified slaughterhouses that were killing equines in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024;...
- Ports Policy
224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 280 of 18 January 2024 and Topical Issue No. 4 of 16 April 2024, the results of the further...
- Animal Slaughtering
225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to clarify the apparently conflicting replies to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 18 June 2024 and Parliamentary Question No. 329 of...
- Horse Racing Industry
233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he plans to approve the strategic plan by Rásaíocht Con Éireann submitted to his office in November 2023; whether...
- Equal Opportunities Employment
234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and percentage of people with disabilities employed across his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department in...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Disability Services
235. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he is taking to retain the Bailis special care unit in Johnstown, Navan, County Meath for respite...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
240. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available to children in receipt of access and inclusion model supports through the Early Childhood...
- Disability Services
241. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available over the summer school break to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Ukraine War
242. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he approves of the decision to relocate Ukrainian families who have settled in and become enmeshed within the...
- Departmental Schemes
243. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will introduce a cash payment the equivalent in value to what persons would have received had they availed...
- Departmental Expenditure
244. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent on storage of previously used early years equipment that has been transferred back to Pobal...
- Disability Services
245. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the full- and first-year cost to expand the access and inclusion model to children in the 0-3 age group...
- Youth Work Projects
246. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that the UBU-Your Place Your Space funding deficit is addressed in order that youth work...
- Direct Provision System
247. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to consider delaying the eviction of a family from a direct provision facility (details supplied). [30093/24]
- Childcare Services
248. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures he is taking to address the urgent demand for childcare through both the private providers and...
- International Protection
250. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if all IPAS accommodation providers for people seeking international protection are obliged to provide a...
- Disability Services
251. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an estimate of the number of children in the 0-3 years age group, in percentage terms, that could...
- Childcare Services
252. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can instruct his officials to contact Little Orchards Community Creche in Leighlinbridge, County Carlow,...
- Disability Services
253. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the return of therapists to a special school (details supplied). [30146/24]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
255. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the totality of the funds requested and drawn down by his Department from EU sources in respect of covid-19 in...
- Disability Services
256. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 475 of 26 September 2023, if he will detail the information that is taken...
- Disabilities Assessments
262. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need for each quarter in each of the years 2019 to...
- Mother and Baby Homes
263. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total annual funding allocated to the children’s fund under the action plan for survivors and former...
- Disability Services
265. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to respond to correspondence received from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Health
- Departmental Bodies
266. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the last meeting of the strategic implementation group under the National Drugs Strategy chaired by his Department. [30194/24]
- Primary Care Centres
267. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of current services provided by each primary care centre within Kildare, in tabular form. [30048/24]
- Hospital Services
269. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an operation for a cataract removal at Sligo Hospital (details supplied). [30058/24]
- Hospital Procedures
271. To ask the Minister for Health the reason behind the ‘late discharges’ which have been ongoing in University Hospital Limerick, where elderly dementia/Alzheimer’s...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
272. To ask the Minister for Health if, in light of the recent rapid rise in new strain Covid-19 cases, he has any plans in place to reinstate the PCR testing, which was discontinued in March...
- Nursing Homes
273. To ask the Minister for Health the level of engagement between his Department and the HSE and the residents of a nursing home (details supplied) to prevent its closure and the subsequent...
- Medicinal Products
274. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the additional costs to the State's pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement system of changes to the drugs payment scheme thresholds...
- Health Services
275. To ask the Minister for Health the level of growth required in the health service to remain up to date with demographic changes in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Bodies
276. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times a working group on pharmaceutical medicine (details supplied) has met in 2024; the dates of such meetings; and if he will make a statement...
- Medicinal Products
277. To ask the Minister for Health how his Department measures timeliness when it comes to accessing medicines; the evidence he has that the HSE is processing pharmaceutical applications in a...
- Health Service Executive
278. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the details of the service level agreement between the HSE and the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
279. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE would consider the provision of equipment (details supplied) in certain circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30106/24]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
280. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to reinstate free PCR testing for covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30111/24]
- Medicinal Products
281. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to update the reimbursement criteria for heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction to align with European cardiology guidelines...
- Health Services
282. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied). [30115/24]
- Medicinal Products
283. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland always complies with EU Directive 89/105/EEC, which states that Member States must make a decision on the price charged and the level of...
- Disability Services
285. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to Cork Kerry Community Healthcare for children’s and adults respite respectively in each of the years 2019 to date, by year, in...
- Hospital Staff
286. To ask the Minister for Health if he has formally notified Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda of the lifting of the recruitment embargo; if not, when he intends to do so; and if he will...
- Health Services Staff
287. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to delays to payments for clinical placement coordinators, and his plans to address this matter. [30141/24]
- Disability Services
288. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting a speech and language therapy appointment in each of the CDNTs in Cork; the number who have been waiting less than three months;...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
292. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people on the waiting list for ophthalmology in Cork, in tabular form; the average waiting time for appointment; and if he will make a...
- Medicinal Products
293. To ask the Minister for Health for a timeline for provision of nurse prescribing of opioids. [30195/24]
- Addiction Treatment Services
294. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated in each of the past five years to address addiction issues for ethnic minorities, by year, in tabular form. [30196/24]
- Legislative Measures
298. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the full commencement of all of the sections of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018. [30207/24]
- Health Strategies
299. To ask the Minister for Health for an updated traffic light table of the actions undertaken as part of the National Drugs Strategy. [30205/24]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
300. To ask the Minister for Health the totality of the funds requested and drawn down by his Department from EU sources in respect of covid-19 in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in...
- Nursing Homes
301. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds now occupied in a nursing unit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30250/24]
- Primary Care Services
304. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the closure of the Laytown health centre; if there are any plans to re-open it; to provide an update on the proposed future use of the...
- Disease Management
305. To ask the Minister for Health the treatment available in Ireland for those diagnosed with Lyme disease; the funding available for those who have to travel abroad for treatment for Lyme...
- Health Strategies
306. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has reviewed the investment in facilities needed to drive forward the national cancer strategy; if he is aware of the considerable pressure...
- Health Services Staff
307. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on agency staff in 2023 and to date in 2024, by month, in tabular form. [30309/24]
- Departmental Consultations
309. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on management consultants in 2023 and to date in 2024, by month, in tabular form. [30311/24]
- Ambulance Service
310. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on private ambulance services in 2023 and to date in 2024, by month, in tabular form. [30312/24]
- Health Services
311. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on private diagnostic services in 2023 and to date in 2024, by month, in tabular form. [30313/24]
- Hospital Services
312. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital cancellations, by hospital and type, in 2023 and to date in 2024, by month, in tabular form. [30314/24]
- Ambulance Service
313. To ask the Minister for Health the number of 999 calls received nationally, and by division, where the patient was deceased by the time an ambulance reached the scene, in each of the past...
- Departmental Legal Cases
316. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of medical negligence litigation against the HSE and Department of Health in each year from 2010 to date, including awards made in the courts,...
- Emergency Departments
317. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who attended an emergency department, State-wide and by location, for each quarter in each of the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form;...
- Emergency Accommodation
319. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who attended an emergency department who were waiting 0-6 hours, 0-9 hours, 9-24 hours, and 24+ hours, State-wide and by...
- Hospital Services
321. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital cancellations, by appointment type, hospital group and hospital, for each month of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [30323/24]
- Ambulance Service
327. To ask the Minister for Health average ambulance turnaround time at each emergency department for each quarter in 2023 and 2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [30329/24]
- Health Services Waiting Lists
328. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service and for each health area, to date in 2024; the breakdown by length of wait...
- Home Help Service
329. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists at the latest available data point for 2024; the number waiting on approval and for funding, in tabular...
- Home Care Packages
330. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on intensive home care package waiting lists at the latest available data point for 2024; the number waiting on approval and for...
- Home Help Service
331. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who are receiving less than their full allocation of home support hours at the end of each quarter of 2023 and 2024 to date, in tabular...
- Mental Health Services
332. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists by CHO and length of wait at the end of each quarter of 2023, and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [30334/24]
- Health Services Waiting Lists
333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of each quarter of 2022 to 2024, for each location, in tabular form. [30335/24]
- Dental Services
334. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists on the dental treatment services scheme at the end of each quarter of 2022 to 2024 by LHO, in tabular form. [30336/24]
- Health Services Staff
337. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE employees whose total employee benefits (details supplied) are at €50,001 or above; the number at €50,000 and below, in tabular...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
338. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost, capital and current, of implementing the acute bed capacity plan; the amount by year; the number of beds currently funded in existing NDP...
- Health Strategies
339. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost, capital and current, of implementing the digital health framework; the amount by year; the amount currently funded in existing NDP...
- Departmental Reports
340. To ask the Minister for Health the report of the National Review of Specialist Cardiac Services; if he has received it, when it was received; when he intends to publish it; if he has not...
- Departmental Data
341. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of studies, reviews and research commissioned, undertaken, or received by him since he took office in tabular form; the status of each item;...
- Health Services Staff
342. To ask the Minister for Health the all-in revenue cost of one WTE family support worker. [30351/24]
- Health Service Executive
345. To ask the Minister for Health the level of HSE expenditure ahead of profile at the end of quarter 1 and quarter 2 2024. [30354/24]
- Healthcare Policy
346. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of expanding the contraception scheme to be universal in coverage. [30355/24]
- Health Service Executive
347. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing funding for HSE safeguarding teams by 10%. [30356/24]
- Patient Safety
348. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing funding for patient advocacy by 10%. [30357/24]
- Climate Action Plan
349. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of implementing the HSE’s climate action strategy and achieving climate, energy, and emissions targets. [30358/24]
- Health Strategies
350. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of fully implementing the cancer strategy; the amount allocated to the strategy to date. [30360/24]
- Health Services
353. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing funding for dementia specific day care by 10%. [30363/24]
- Health Services Staff
355. To ask the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 400 WTE counsellors with the national counselling service; the number of other grade posts required to support this expansion on a pro rata...
- Eating Disorders
356. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to fully fund the national clinical programme for eating disorders; and the number of community and acute teams and posts required. [30366/24]
- Mental Health Services
359. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of a crisis resolution team; and the WTE requirement, by grade. [30369/24]
- Addiction Treatment Services
361. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to increase recovery education funding by 10%. [30371/24]
- Health Services
362. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of implementing the dual diagnosis model of care. [30372/24]
- Hospital Services
363. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of delivering full 24/7 PPCI at University Hospital Waterford. [30373/24]
- Health Services Staff
364. To ask the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 100 WTE psychologists. [30374/24]
- Health Services
366. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a minor ailment scheme. [30376/24]
- Health Services Staff
369. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing medical intern places by 50%; and the number of places this would create. [30379/24]
- General Practitioner Services
371. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing GP trainee places by 50%; and the number of places this would create. [30381/24]
- Mental Health Services
372. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing trainee clinical, counselling, and education psychology places by 50%; and the number of places this would create. [30382/24]
- Health Services Staff
373. To ask the Minister for Health the training and net additional pay costs of increasing the percentage of advanced nurse practitioners to 2%, 3%, 4%, and 5% of the nursing workforce; and the...
- Hospital Facilities
374. To ask the Minister for Health the all-in capital cost of a new operating theatre. [30384/24]
- Ambulance Service
375. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of implementing the National Ambulance Service’s strategic plan and workforce plan. [30385/24]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
377. To ask the Minister for Health the all-in revenue and new build capital cost for each type of health service bed, based on recent projects, that is, acute inpatient, community transitional...
- Departmental Funding
378. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding provided to and through Healthy Ireland in each of the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form. [30388/24]
- Health Services Staff
379. To ask the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 100 WTE public health nurses. [30389/24]
- Dental Services
382. To ask the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 100 WTE dental surgeons. [30392/24]
- Medical Cards
384. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the medical card basic threshold by €10,000, €15,000, €20,000, €25,000 and €30,000 per...
- Medicinal Products
386. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drug payment scheme threshold to €5, €10, €15, €20, €40, €60 and €80, in...
- Prescriptions Charges
387. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of reducing prescription charges to €0 in increments of €0.50 for people aged under 70 years and people aged 70 years and older. [30397/24]
- Hospital Charges
388. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing injury unit charges to €50. [30398/24]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
390. To ask the Minister for Health the full cost of delivering each of the acute bed units completed in 2023 and to date in 2024; the number of acute beds delivered in each project; the full...
- Health Services
392. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of 10,000 diagnostic scans, by scan type. [30402/24]
- Mental Health Services
393. To ask the Minister for Health the all-in cost of each type of CAMHS team in line with Sharing the Vision; the breakdown, by staff grade and WTE; the number of teams required for the...
- Home Help Service
397. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of 1,000,000 home support hours. [30407/24]
- Home Care Packages
398. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of 100 intensive home care packages. [30408/24]
- Health Services Staff
399. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of achieving the living wage for home support workers and home care workers; the cost of full compensation for mileage and travel and any associated...
- Healthcare Policy
400. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing funding for healthy age friendly homes by 10%. [30410/24]
- Addiction Treatment Services
401. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of returning local and regional drug and alcohol task force funding to 2010 levels; the cost of a further 10% increase. [30411/24]
- Medicinal Products
403. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medicine pricing applications submitted to the primary care reimbursement service of the HSE to date in 2024, in tabular form; the submission...
- Health Services Staff
407. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE posts allocated to cancer services as per his letter of determination to the HSE outlining his funding priorities following Budget 2024; the...
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
408. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the medical cannabis access programme; the number of approved products under the scheme; the number of actively supplied products under the...
- Medicinal Products
411. To ask the Minister for Health if skyclarys (omaveloxalone) has been considered for reimbursement for Friedrich's ataxia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30423/24]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
412. To ask the Minister for Health if he will deliver a specialist intestinal failure centre; if funding has been sought for such a centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30428/24]
- Health Services Staff
413. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the implementation of the recommended salary increment for clinical nurse manager 2, as suggested by the expert review body on nursing...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
416. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will be making a special chair available in certain cases (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30448/24]
- Addiction Treatment Services
417. To ask the Minister for Health the actions undertaken to support women in entering recovery from addiction journeys. [30453/24]
- Home Help Service
419. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home help hours, which have been approved, can urgently be provided for a person (details supplied). [30503/24]
- Addiction Treatment Services
420. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of reopening of a facility (details supplied); for a breakdown of all costs, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30505/24]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
421. To ask the Minister for Health the number of correspondence he has received from advocacy groups (details supplied) raising concerns in respect of the €19 million allocated to...
- Tobacco Control Measures
422. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his plans for the further regulation of nicotine-inhaling products; the timeline he is working towards in publishing the drafts heads of the Bill to...
- Legislative Programme
423. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline he is working towards in publishing the new mental health Bill; if it will include provision to expand the functions of the Mental Health...
- Equal Opportunities Employment
424. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of people with disabilities employed across his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department in each of the years 2020 to...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Covid-19 Pandemic
425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the totality of the funds requested and drawn down by his Department from EU sources in respect of covid-19 in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and...
- Public Sector Pay
426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the hourly rate of pay set for personal assistants funded through SOLAS; and the hourly rate set for personal assistants funded through the...
- Third Level Admissions
427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students expected to enrol in Cork universities in September 2024. [30183/24]
- Student Accommodation
428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of purpose-built student accommodation units available in Cork city in September 2024. [30184/24]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Local Development Companies
430. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on when the new Leader programme will start in Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29985/24]
- Community Development Projects
431. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when community grants will be made available to sports clubs; and if she will consider a school (details supplied) favourably for this...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
432. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the totality of the funds requested and drawn down by her Department from EU sources in respect of covid-19 in each of the years 2020...
- Control of Dogs
433. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will review the current regulations regarding dog control to ensure that they are fit for purpose; if adequate resources will...
- Equal Opportunities Employment
434. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number and percentage of people with disabilities employed across her Department and bodies under the aegis of her Department in...
