Written answers

Tuesday, 23 July 2024

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Data
      1.To ask the Taoiseach to provide a breakdown of the estimated annual cost of direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies. [32954/24]
    • Cabinet Committees
      2.To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and public services will meet next. [30633/24]
    • Citizens' Assembly
      3.To ask the Taoiseach the timeline in relation to the citizen’s assembly on the future of education; and when it will be established. [31218/24]
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      4.To ask the Taoiseach if timelines for pay restoration and WRC payments (details supplied) will be provided. [31327/24]
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      5.To ask the Taoiseach the number of legal cases taken by his Department, or by agencies or bodies under his Department’s aegis, against another Department, Government agency or State body...
    • Urban Development
      6.To ask the Taoiseach further to his correspondence of 20 June 2024 (details supplied) regarding the newly established Dublin city centre task force, if a representative of the Department of...
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      7.To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the issues discussed at his recent meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. [32658/24]
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      8.To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an overview of the shared island programme since its launch in 2020; and the funding provided to each project and the initiatives supported, in tabular...
    • Central Statistics Office
      9.To ask the Taoiseach the estimated cost of establishing a new unit of four statisticians at junior grade in the Central Statistics Office. [33436/24]
    • Irish Language
      10.To ask the Taoiseach the number of children between the ages of three and 18 years living in the Gaeltacht; and the number of them who speak Irish daily outside the education system. [33726/24]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      11.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application (details supplied) can be escalated as the application has passed the issue date quite considerably; and if he will...
    • Foreign Policy
      12.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on an independent panel of UN experts who have called for gender apartheid to be recognised as a crime incorporated in Article 2 of...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      13.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application for a foreign birth registration in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Passport Services
      15.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a specific document is being requested from an applicant as supporting documentation for a passport (details supplied), given the...
    • Foreign Policy
      16.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any representative of Ireland attended the NATO summit in Washington DC in July, or attended meetings organised around this summit; and if...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      17.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made in relation to an application for foreign birth registration (details supplied); the reason for the delay in...
    • Foreign Policy
      18.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on the violation of human rights against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang; the steps he and his EU colleagues have taken regarding this; and...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      19.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of legal cases taken by his Department, or by agencies or bodies under his Department’s aegis, against another Department,...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      20.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an application to the foreign birth register for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Official Engagements
      21.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to invite his Swedish counterpart to Dublin during quarter 4 of this year for a bilateral meeting. [31426/24]
    • International Protection
      22.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 43 of 3 July 2024, if he will publish the actual feedback his Department provided to the International...
    • Passport Services
      24.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff in the passport service, by grade, role, location and cost, in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      27.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount allocated to the emigrant support programme in the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      28.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount allocated to the promotion of culture abroad through his Department, in the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      29.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland’s total contribution to overseas development aid in the years 2019 to date; the associated percentage of gross national income...
    • Passport Services
      31.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will issue ahead of travel date in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31556/24]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      32.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the issues pertaining to a foreign birth register application of a person (details supplied) have been resolved; if the application is now...
    • Official Engagements
      34.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he last spoke with the Portuguese ambassador to Ireland. [31646/24]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      35.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of current 'WTE executive personal assistant posts, by gender, at each Irish Embassy and Consulate General Office, as of 11 July...
    • Official Engagements
      37.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with the United States Secretary of State in the past three months. [31676/24]
    • Passport Services
      38.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the case of a missing passport application for a person (details supplied) will be examined. [31704/24]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      39.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will meet an ambassador (details supplied) to discuss an ongoing case he is aware of, having met the family concerned; and if he will...
    • Consular Services
      41.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure all Irish citizens are entitled to the same type of intervention from the Government; the reason a person (details supplied)...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      42.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans to renovate and reinstate the former residence of Ireland’s ambassador to the Vatican, Villa Spada, as an...
    • Passport Services
      43.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue to a person in County Mayo (details supplied); and the reason for the delay in issuing said passport. [32074/24]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      44.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a decision has been made on a foreign births register application by a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Passport Services
      45.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on processing times for passport applications at present; the number of applications processed this year; the number currently...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      47.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32649/24]
    • Middle East
      48.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there has been a response from the EU following the Irish request for the EU-Israeli trade agreement to be reviewed; and if he will make a...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      52.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department is aware of any plans by the EU to reduce the overseas aid budget; if he will outline any engagement his Department has had...
    • Passport Services
      53.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the breakdown of the number of passports issued in 2023 and to date in 2024, by county, of online passport applications, paper applications,...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      54.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional measures that will be implemented to grow even further and strengthen the all-Ireland economy following the very welcome growth...
    • Passport Services
      55.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33209/24]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Waste Management
      59.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated full year cost of remunicipalising domestic waste collection and providing it to all households as a...
    • Energy Prices
      60.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the full-year cost of providing a €100 electricity credit to each principal private residence; and if he will make...
    • National Broadband Plan
      61.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when homes at Crumlin, Magheracloone, County Monaghan, including at an Eircode (details supplied), will be connected to...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      62.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a scheme which was initially announced in 2022 where photo voltaic panels would be installed for households...
    • National Broadband Plan
      63.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when access to high-speed fibre powered broadband will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he...
    • Just Transition
      64.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding allocated to Ireland under the EU just transition fund; the amount of that funding drawn down or...
    • Energy Policy
      65.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the dangers associated with lithium-ion batteries (details supplied); and if he...
    • Energy Conservation
      66.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the efforts being made by his Department to reduce the waiting period for the warmer homes grant scheme; and if he will...
    • Air Quality
      67.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31181/24]
    • Electricity Grid
      68.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the proportion of imported electricity that was renewable energy; the proportion of imported electricity that was from...
    • Environmental Policy
      70.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Ireland will be bringing in a ban on the use of carpet fibre in equestrian surfaces (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      71.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the seven offshore renewable energy projects for which he issued marine area consents in 2021; the current...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      73.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the next designated marine area plan will be announced; if the cross-Government taskforce on offshore wind energy...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      74.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of legal cases taken by his Department, or by agencies or bodies under his Department’s aegis, against...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      75.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the Annual Renewable Energy Constraint and Curtailment Report 2023; if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Energy Conservation
      76.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will apply the necessary changes to his recently announced enhanced home energy upgrade grant for those with...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      80.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current status of a Bill for national cyber security; to outline its expected progression; and if he will make a...
    • Recycling Policy
      81.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how the Government came to implement the deposit return scheme (the charge, the units, and so on); the person who...
    • Energy Conservation
      84.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total funding utilised in County Galway for SEAI grants, by type of grant, in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      86.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a pension issue for a person (details supplied) will be examined. [32133/24]
    • National Broadband Plan
      87.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the rollout of highspeed broadband in counties Cavan and Monaghan. [32199/24]
    • Illegal Dumping
      88.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures being taken to combat illegal dumping; if additional resources are being given to local authorities in...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      89.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 12 December 2023, the status of the national cyber security Bill; and its...
    • Energy Conservation
      90.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment where an individual can make a complaint about the standard of works carried out by the SEAI; and if he will make a...
    • Climate Change Policy
      91.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will approve an application for funding under the Climate Action Fund for a group (details supplied).. [32308/24]
    • Just Transition
      92.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department will review the de minimus on the just transition projects and consider increasing the threshold of...
    • National Broadband Plan
      93.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the National Broadband Plan rollout of fibre broadband will be completed in the Foxrock area of Dublin; the reason...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      94.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a current assessment on the dangers faced by the State from hybrid and cyber-attacks on communications...
    • Climate Change Policy
      95.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will advocate to increase Ireland’s climate finance and loss and damage funding to the agreed ‘fair...
    • Energy Conservation
      96.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the value of retrofit/energy efficiency grant payments can be urgently increased, given the increased costs of...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      97.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the scheduling timeframe for the development of wind farms off the east coast; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Energy Conservation
      98.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications received for insultation and energy grants for County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement...
    • National Broadband Plan
      101.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if and when he has engaged with the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media regarding the number...
    • Climate Change Policy
      103.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the commitments made by Ireland at COP26, COP27 and COP28 respectively; the progress made to date on actioning those, in...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      104.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projected spend by the SEAI in 2024 on the solar electricity grant; how much was budgeted for this scheme in 2024;...
    • Climate Change Policy
      105.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of the additional funding provided in Budget 2024 for climate measures; the progress on the...
    • Energy Conservation
      106.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for a breakdown of the total funding provided for retrofitting in 2023 and to date in 2024; the projected end year...
    • National Broadband Plan
      107.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a premises (details supplied) was not provided with fibre broadband, although it is in the intervention area,...
    • Energy Conservation
      109.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of council-owned properties that have been retrofitted in terms of insulation, windows, heating systems and...
    • Energy Production
      110.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of electrical energy that will be stored at the energy storage facility which is proposed to be built at...
    • Climate Change Policy
      111.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the outcomes the taxpayer can expect to see given the amount the State is projected to spend on achieving net zero....
    • Inland Fisheries
      112.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the review by his Department and Inland Fisheries Ireland of the Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale...
    • Data Centres
      115.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current policy in relation to connections for new data centres, and their obligations in relation to standby...
    • Climate Change Policy
      116.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which Irish carbon emissions now fall into the emission trading system or into the effort sharing...
    • Water Services
      118.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown for each year between 2016 and 2024 of the number of business which have been charged for water...
    • Energy Conservation
      119.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made at rolling out ‘one-stop shops’, as outlined in the 2022 SEAI report; if he can provide...
    • Energy Usage
      120.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of electricity demand that will be created by the targeted installation of retrofit heat pumps and by electric...
    • National Broadband Plan
      121.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of connections under the national broadband plan in County Mayo; how that compares with revised targets; the...
    • Energy Conservation
      122.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for a breakdown of the number of properties in Dublin 9, Dublin 11 and Dublin 17 that have availed of the better energy...
    • Departmental Funding
      123.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide funding to local authorities for the development of civic amenity centres in towns where one...
    • Recycling Policy
      124.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he contacted Re-turn Ireland to request that they update their website to provide details of their board of...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      127.To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of legal cases taken by his Department, or by State agencies or bodies under his Department’s aegis, against another...
    • Defence Forces
      128.To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of females currently in the Army and Air Corps at the rank of second lieutenant and above; and the number of females currently in the...
    • Naval Service
      142.To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of scheduled naval patrol days in the years 2019 to date; the number cancelled, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Air Corps
      143.To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the capital works projects currently ongoing at Casement Aerodrome; the estimated cost for each of these capital works projects; and when each of...
    • Naval Service
      145.To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the average lifespan remaining of each of the military ships within the Naval Service that have been in the Naval Service fleet over 20 years, in...
    • Air Corps
      147.To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Air Corps personnel sent to the US for specialist Air Corps training in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [32294/24]
    • Defence Forces
      148.To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on the investigations into the death of a soldier (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32362/24]
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      158.To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the office of Minister of State for EU Affairs became part of the Department of Defence; where this decision was taken, and by whom; the...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Network
      159.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the money allocated and disbursed under the community involvement scheme, respectively, in each of the years 2019 to 2024; and to clarify...
    • Driver Test
      160.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that are being undertaken to address the long waiting list for people to do their driving tests; and if he will acknowledge...
    • Airport Policy
      161.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that the flight paths at the north runway at Dublin Airport were appropriately environmentally assessed, including, but...
    • National Car Test
      162.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being taken to reduce the delays in NCT appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30997/24]
    • Bus Services
      163.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions his Department is taking to ensure the safety of drivers and passengers on bus routes, in particular the 65 bus route (details...
    • Driver Licences
      164.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in relation to the National Driver Licence Service requirement that people applying for a driver’s permit for the first time...
    • Driver Test
      165.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons waiting for a driving test; and the number of persons waiting for a theory test in Cork city and county, by test...
    • Public Transport
      167.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current position of the independent expert contract in place to review additional documents released by TII at the Metrolink hearings....
    • Bus Services
      168.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers boarding Dublin Bus at stop 115 Ballymun Church and stop 37 Ballymun DCU for the past two years. [31154/24]
    • Public Transport
      169.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on a local link service which has gone to tender (details supplied); if he will provide a date for its implementation in...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      170.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons that have died on the roads in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [31242/24]
    • Departmental Advertising
      172.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by his Department on road safety advertising in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [31244/24]
    • Public Transport
      173.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department records the number of incidents of broken station elevators, a failure to supply a ramp, or other incidents hindering...
    • Road Safety Authority
      174.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the review of the legislative basis for data sharing by the Road Safety Authority will be complete. [31277/24]
    • Road Network
      176.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress on additional bridges for north Kildare, for example, Clane, regarding increased traffic and population; and if he will make...
    • Airport Policy
      177.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the investment in the regional programme since 2020; his plans for future projects at regional airports, including Ireland West Airport...
    • Bus Services
      178.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures his Department is taking to implement bus shelters throughout the rural areas of Cavan and Monaghan, similar to those in...
    • Road Projects
      179.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the N17 Collooney-to-Knock scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31313/24]
    • Rail Network
      180.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the all-Ireland strategic rail review and the western rail corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31314/24]
    • Road Projects
      181.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the online upgrade of the R332 Kilmaine-to-Foxhall road project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31315/24]
    • Taxi Licences
      183.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of taxi drivers with convictions for sexual offences who have been disqualified and-or had their SPSV driver licence revoked by...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      186.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of legal cases taken by his Department, or by State agencies or bodies under his Department’s aegis, against another...
    • Driver Test
      187.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the pass rates for driver testing in each test centre in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Safety
      190.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will allocate additional revenue to local authorities in Budget 2025 to put towards road safety signage and road safety markings,...
    • Public Transport
      191.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update and-or the progress made in the preparatory work to bring the DART services as far as Sallins and Newbridge. [31434/24]
    • Active Travel
      192.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he, the National Transport Authority or Transport Infrastructure Ireland has engaged with Kildare Innovation Hub in respect of...
    • Traffic Management
      193.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided to Kildare County Council for traffic calming measures for 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and the amount of that...
    • Public Transport
      194.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasons for the delay in the roll-out of the of the short-hop commuter zone/Dublin commuter zone to stations in Kildare south; and the...
    • Road Safety
      195.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any engagement with car manufacturing companies to discuss the modifications they could implement to assist with road safety...
    • Driver Test
      196.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons waiting on a driving test for a car, by test centre, in tabular form. [31489/24]
    • Coast Guard Service
      197.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of the 2023 capital budget allocation for the Irish Coast Guard that was actually spent; and if any of the unspent capital...
    • Bus Services
      198.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the introduction of a planned town bus service in Newbridge, County Kildare (details supplied); when work on this project...
    • Public Transport
      199.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a policy matter raised with the National Transport Authority (NTA) (details supplied) regarding the delayed implementation of...
    • Bus Services
      200.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding required to fully implement the remaining phases of the BusConnects programme within Dublin. [31630/24]
    • Bus éireann
      201.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the types of buses entering the Bus éireann PSO fleet in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and the types of buses withdrawn from Bus...
    • Parking Provision
      202.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if work can be undertaken with the National Transport Authority and Dublin City Council, DCC, to source a location in Dublin city or the...
    • Transport Costs
      203.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of extending the 20% reduction in public transport fares until 31 December 2025. [31682/24]
    • Departmental Funding
      204.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost in 2023 of providing funding nationwide for the safe routes to school programme. [31683/24]
    • Bus éireann
      205.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he last met the chief executive officer of Bus Eireann; the issues discussed; and when he is next scheduled to meet the CEO. [31684/24]
    • Public Transport
      206.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of wheelchair accessible taxis operating in each city and county, in tabular form. [31711/24]
    • Rail Network
      207.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on Kishoge train station; when it will be in operation; the total cost of works; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Taxi Licences
      208.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will personally review the fee being charged for a public service vehicle licence (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • School Transport
      211.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the review of the age for driving buses under the school transport scheme and to have the upper age limit of 70 years...
    • Rail Network
      212.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on capital works and ticketing operations at a station (details supplied) from 2020 to 2024, in tabular form. [31903/24]
    • Military Aircraft
      213.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement he has had with his counterpart in the US Administration regarding flights landing at Shannon Airport that are engaged in...
    • Departmental Funding
      214.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of schools nominated for rounds one and two of the safe routes to school programme funded by his Department where works have...
    • Dublin Bus
      215.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new bus drivers recruited by Dublin Bus to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31988/24]
    • Road Projects
      216.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total funding provided to Galway County Council for roads, broken down per municipal area in each year since 2020 to date, in tabular...
    • Driver Test
      217.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to allow persons who fail the driver theory test to access their results, including the questions that they answered...
    • Road Projects
      218.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 68 of 21 March 2024, the status of the Mallow relief road; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Electric Vehicles
      219.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the roll-out of electric car chargers nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32217/24]
    • Driver Test
      220.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons on waiting lists for driving tests in counties Cavan and Monaghan and nationwide to date; the length of time they...
    • Electric Vehicles
      221.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and location of EV charge points in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32219/24]
    • Bus éireann
      222.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers who have used Bus éireann route 109X in each direction from 2021 to date in 2024; and if he will make a...
    • Rail Network
      225.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on plans to reopen the Navan rail line; the stage works are at; if, as part of these plans, Kingscourt rail line can be kept...
    • Tax Collection
      226.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the motor tax fees collected by his Department, by county and month, from 2021 to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Rail Network
      227.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the light rail system; if he can provide an update on the route selection; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Bus éireann
      228.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the implementation of a bus stop and timetable for the 170 Bus éireann route in Shercock, County Cavan; and if he...
    • Driver Test
      230.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the extremely long waiting times for a driving test in Donegal town despite assurances that the situation would improve...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      231.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide additional funding specifically for the advancement of capital National Transport Authority projects. [32421/24]
    • Bus Services
      232.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will secure additional funding in budget 2025 to fund town link services. [32468/24]
    • Rail Network
      233.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is currently considering providing a light rail link on the Athlone-Mullingar rail line in the interest of connectivity....
    • Bus Services
      235.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide funding in 2025 to finalise the Mullingar town bus service. [32471/24]
    • Public Transport
      236.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the long-term contracts for rural transport companies through the National Transport Authority. [32472/24]
    • Electric Vehicles
      237.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to reduce the cost of owning and operating EV vehicles. [32490/24]
    • Road Projects
      238.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total allocation this year to Transport Infrastructure Ireland for the maintenance and upgrade of national roads; whether it is...
    • Bus Services
      239.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to address the concerns of a commuter (details supplied). [32518/24]
    • Fuel Prices
      240.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the grants available for island communities to set up a fuel service to meet the islanders' fuel needs following the changes made to the...
    • Electric Vehicles
      241.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans for the roll-out of EV charging points across County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32551/24]
    • Road Projects
      243.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends on progressing the N81 Tallaght to Hollywood cross road improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Licences
      244.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the National Driver Licence Service (NDLS) is accepting cash payments in light of recent legislation introduced by the Minister...
    • Bus Services
      245.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the public consultation for a bus route (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32673/24]
    • Driver Test
      246.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting times, and the number of people on the waiting list for driving tests, in counties Louth and Meath, respectively, in tabular...
    • National Car Test
      247.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting times, and the number of people on the waiting list for NCT tests, in counties Louth and Meath. [32680/24]
    • Rail Network
      248.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 11 June 2024, the total cost of agreements reached between Transport Infrastructure Ireland...
    • Public Transport
      249.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of public transport services established from 2020 to 2024 to date in County Galway; the funding required to enable delivery of...
    • Road Projects
      250.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the provision of the Bandon relief road; the estimated cost of the project; and when it is expected to undergo works....
    • Bus éireann
      252.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by Bus éireann on private contractors to fulfil route requirements in Cork, by month, for the year 2024 to date, in...
    • State Bodies
      253.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on private security firms by Bus éireann and Irish Rail in 2023 and 2024 to date, by route, in tabular form. [32911/24]
    • Rail Network
      254.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update and projected timeline for the DART+ Coastal North project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33197/24]
    • Road Safety Authority
      255.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date by which the Road Safety Authority will have completed its review of the road traffic collision data sharing policies and...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      256.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a breakdown of the capital expenditure on public transport projects in each year since 2020; the overall allocation for roads, in...
    • Rail Network
      257.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the DART+ programme; the committed capital expenditure in each year since 2020, by project (west/coastal...
    • Public Transport
      259.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of the projected additional rail, DART, Luas and bus fleet required for each year from 2024 to 2030; the number...
    • Transport Costs
      260.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost to the Government to permanently reduce transport fees for young adults and students, including rail and the €1 transport...
    • Bus Services
      262.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the progress of the Ennis town bus service; whether his Department has released funding to ensure it moves to the...
    • Public Transport
      264.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport , further to Parliamentary Question No. 15 of 4 July, the status of the feasibility study for light rail in Galway, which is being...
    • Park-and-Ride Facilities
      266.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport , further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 16 May, the status of the roll-out of park-and-ride facilities in Galway city; and if he...
    • Cycling Facilities
      267.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of expanding the bike sharing schemes outside of major cities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33137/24]
    • Park-and-Ride Facilities
      268.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposals to provide park-and-ride facilities on the N3 and M3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33156/24]
    • Road Safety
      269.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when safety measures will be introduced on a national road (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33157/24]
    • Bus Services
      270.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if further services can be provided on a bus route (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33234/24]
    • Road Projects
      271.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is aware of the terrible condition of the Currynanerriagh bridge, on the R250 between Glenties and Fintown in County...
    • Transport Costs
      272.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost to introduce free public transport for all students. [33270/24]
    • Road Projects
      273.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reinstate funding to the proposed new bypass route, as planned and previously agreed, without delay, on the N52 between the N4...
    • Road Safety
      274.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on progress made on the work plan for 2024 by his Department, in conjunction with other agencies and Departments, to improve...
    • Bus éireann
      275.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the work being done to recruit more bus drivers and mechanics to Bus éireann; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Projects
      276.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the preparation of tender documents for the N53 project in County Louth; when he expects it to progress to tender stage;...
    • Public Transport
      277.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he can request the CEO of an organisation (details supplied) to respond to correspondence of 6 March and 12 March 2024, to which no...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      278.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the CIé pensions 1951 scheme; if he has considered a recent High Court ruling (details supplied) in respect of this...
    • Rail Network
      279.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a list of all elevators in Irish rail stations; the elevators that are currently not in use; the length of time they have not...
    • Bus Services
      281.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of the current bus fleet serving west Cork, by local area; and the number of busses which are accessible to...
    • Traffic Management
      283.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if urgent consideration will be given to the provision of traffic calming measures in a village in County Sligo (details supplied); and if...
    • Rail Network
      284.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on Navan rail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33570/24]
    • Bus Services
      285.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the 103 bus service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33571/24]
    • Bus éireann
      287.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the recruitment of bus mechanics at Broadstone depot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33573/24]
    • Driver Test
      288.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons waiting for a driving test; and the number waiting for a theory test in County Cork, by test centre, in tabular...
    • Bus Services
      291.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the National Transport Authority will complete the tender process for local link coordination units given the significant role of...
    • Driver Test
      292.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the driving test waiting lists, by test centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33688/24]
    • Bus Services
      294.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to reinstate the Dublin Airport stop on the 245X bus from Cork to Dublin, formally the X8 route, as it was regularly...
    • Road Network
      295.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will increase funding for local roads, drainage projects and general maintenance to local authorities to assist with the growing...
    • Bus Services
      296.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends to fund further rollouts of local link services to introduce the service in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Road Safety
      297.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the evidence used to support the planned reduction in speed limits on local and national roads; and if he will make a statement...
    • Taxi Regulations
      298.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the fact that taxi drivers with 2015 registrations or older who lost two years work and income during the Covid pandemic,...
    • Bus Services
      299.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the BusConnects plans for Wicklow; when the new and revised bus networks will begin; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Finance
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      301.To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the qualifying criteria for a primary medical certificate. [32452/24]
    • Tax Yield
      302.To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised in first-and full-year terms in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, respectively, from increasing the rate of residential...
    • Tax Credits
      303.To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of index linking tax credits. [33265/24]
    • Financial Services
      304.To ask the Minister for Finance the effect Micro Finance Ireland and Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland lending have on both net expenditure, expenditure ceilings, and general...
    • International Programmes
      305.To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the implementation of the 2022 International Monetary Fund Financial Sector Assessment Programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      306.To ask the Minister for Finance his views on setting both the credit union stabilisation fund levy and credit institution resolution fund levy at 0% for 2025; and if he will make a statement...
    • Credit Unions
      307.To ask the Minister for Finance the amount and average value of mortgages outstanding by credit unions at end March 2023 and end March 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Budget 2025
      311.To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider tax measures to help the hospitality sector in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30998/24]
    • Financial Services
      312.To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the credit union will allow a client to hold up to €30,000 on deposit when the ceiling with regard to probate is €27,000; his views on...
    • Tax Reliefs
      313.To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people from all counties, including Cavan and Monaghan, who have to date availed of the mortgage relief scheme, as announced in Budget 2024, in...
    • Tax Exemptions
      314.To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the tax exemption limits for people aged 65 years; if he will revert to 2011 tax exemption figures; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      315.To ask the Minister for Finance the number of legal cases taken by his Department, or by agencies or bodies under his Department’s aegis, against another Department, Government agency...
    • Departmental Staff
      316.To ask the Minister for Finance the number of WTE economists, by grade, in his Department in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31424/24]
    • Prize Bonds
      317.To ask the Minister for Finance if the case of a prize bond will be examined (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31484/24]
    • Budget 2025
      318.To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to scrap USC as part of Budget 2025, and in particular, if he will examine the case of retired teachers, who only receive a Department of Education...
    • Tax Code
      319.To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the review of deposit interest retention tax and its related exemptions and conditions; when this was completed; if a further review is proposed;...
    • Official Engagements
      320.To ask the Minister for Finance if he has spoken with the new UK Chancellor of the Exchequer. [31638/24]
    • Tax Reliefs
      321.To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 68 of 10 July 2024, the estimated available gains to the Exchequer from the schemes (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Tax Exemptions
      322.To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration can be given to free car tax for people with a permanent disability and in receipt of a qualifying payment such as disability allowance or...
    • Motor Industry
      323.To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of new car sales in each VRT band in 2023 and for the first six months of 2024, in tabular form [31681/24]
    • Tax Credits
      324.To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tax payers who are in employment that claim the flat rate expenses tax credit; the number estimated to be entitled to it; whether in Budget 2025...
    • Tax Residency
      325.To ask the Minister for Finance if a person who has an American pension but is resident in Ireland must pay tax in both jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31717/24]
    • Summer Economic Statement
      326.To ask the Minister for Finance to provide the general Government revenue and expenditure projections out to 2030 that underpin the summer economic statement; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Yield
      331.To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated impact of pillars 1 and 2 of the OECD agreement on tax revenue on each of the years 2025 to 2030, under the stability programme update and summer...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      332.To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 245 of 14 May 2024, if he will address issues which have arisen (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Yield
      334.To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first-year and full-year cost of removing residential stamp duty with respect to the purchase of residential property by first-time buyers for...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      340.To ask the Minister for Finance if a rejected application transfer and exemption will be re-examined for a person (details supplied). [31970/24]
    • Tax Yield
      341.To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised by introducing a 3% income tax surcharge, levied through the USC, on individual incomes with respect to the portion...
    • Departmental Schemes
      345.To ask the Minister for Finance the number of employment-related permanent injury compensation schemes for civil and public servants; and the total budget for each of the years 2021, 2022 and...
    • Tax Yield
      347.To ask the Minister for Finance the projected annual revenue, in first- and full-year terms, of scheduled increases in the carbon tax in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029,...
    • Tax Code
      348.To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on any potential resolutions to a matter raised by a group (details supplied) based in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Data
      349.To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of local property tax that has been collected by the Revenue Commissioners annually since its introduction, in each county. [32119/24]
    • Tax Reliefs
      350.To ask the Minister for Finance the number of landlords who have to date claimed the new rented residential relief introduced in budget 2024; and the number of these landlords, by local...
    • Tax Yield
      351.To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised by reducing the standard fund threshold from €2 million to €1.8 million, €1.75 million and...
    • Tax Reliefs
      353.To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised by introducing a 25% or 50% cap, respectively, on corporation tax relief utilised in a single year by NAMA-participating banks, in...
    • Tax Data
      355.To ask the Minister for Finance the stated cost for each of the main tax reductions in budgets 2022 and 2023; and the actual outturn cost for each, for both years. [32143/24]
    • Tax Credits
      356.To ask the Minister for Finance the way State pensioners can apply for the rent tax credit, as announced in budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32154/24]
    • Housing Schemes
      357.To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications and the number of applications approved, respectively, for the help-to-buy scheme, by county, in each of the years since the...
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      358.To ask the Minister for Finance to consider making changes to the VRT for crew carrier vehicles and jeeps in the upcoming budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32245/24]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      359.To ask the Minister for Finance the capital budget allocation for the Revenue Commissioners in 2022, 2023 and 2024; the percentage of the 2022 and 2023 allocation spent; and if any unspent...
    • Tax Credits
      360.To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to introduce an 8% VFX uplift to the current section 481 legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32299/24]
    • Tax Code
      361.To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the recently published ESRI survey report into issues facing cross-border workers; how he intends progressing the issues raised; and if he...
    • Insurance Industry
      362.To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an assessment of the State’s ability at attracting more companies offering public liability insurance into the market to ensure savings for...
    • Tax Credits
      364.To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have availed of the rent tax credit in this tax year, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Credit Unions
      366.To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans to increase the lending limits for credit unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32386/24]
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      367.To ask the Minister for Finance if the tax measures outlined on page 11 of the summer economic statement represent only tax expenditure, or if it is net tax measures; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Programme
      368.To ask the Minister for Finance when amending legislation will be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas to reflect circumstances outside of the six medical criteria provided for under...
    • Budget 2025
      371.To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to expanding the inheritance threshold in budget 2025 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32443/24]
    • Tax Yield
      372.To ask the Minister for Finance the expected revenue yield from an increase in the vacant homes tax to 25% in a full year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32511/24]
    • Tax Code
      373.To ask the Minister for Finance if correspondence has been received from an organisation (details supplied) with a request for him to meet with it; and if he will meet with the organisation...
    • Tax Exemptions
      374.To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 11 June 2024, the engagements he has had with colleagues in the Department of Health in respect of a VAT exemption...
    • Economic Data
      376.To ask the Minister for Finance when, based on current projections and forecasts from his Department and the National Treasury Management Agency, it is forecast that the debt to GNI* ratio...
    • National Treasury Management Agency
      377.To ask the Minister for Finance the National Treasury Management Agency’s end-of-year cash balance for 2023; its current cash balance; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Code
      379.To ask the Minister for Finance the position with respect to the charging of VAT on bicycles, e-bikes and cycling safety equipment; the estimated cost to zero-rate VAT on these items; if it...
    • Tax Collection
      381.To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of capital acquisitions tax paid annually on inheritances over €1 million, over €5 million and over €10 million for each of the...
    • Tax Reliefs
      384.To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year annual revenue that could be raised from abolishing agricultural relief on farmland valued at €1 million or over. [32952/24]
    • Tax Collection
      385.To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year revenue that would be generated by doubling stamp duty on transfers of residential property valued at €1 million or over. [32953/24]
    • Universal Social Charge
      386.To ask the Minister for Finance the first and full-year costs of reducing the first rate of USC from 0.5 to 0%, reducing the second rate of USC from 2 to 0% and increasing the threshold to...
    • Tax Collection
      390.To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised in first and full-year terms in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 respectively, by increasing the rate of capital...
    • Tax Reliefs
      392.To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised in first and full-year terms in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 by reducing the total earnings...
    • Tax Code
      395.To ask the Minister for Finance the measures that will be introduced to assist the retail sector in the Border region due to difficulties that have arisen in trading with increased excise...
    • Services Sector
      396.To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give further consideration to the issues raised by the hospitality sector in relation to increased costs, loss of business and jobs; and if he will...
    • Budget 2025
      397.To ask the Minister for Finance to consider the issues raised in a pre-Budget submission by a representative organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Credits
      400.To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the rent tax credit to €1,000 for 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029. [33211/24]
    • Tax Collection
      403.To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer in 2025, and specifically from 1 January 2025 to 1 October 2025, of not proceeding with the scheduled increase in excise...
    • Tax Credits
      405.To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing personal, employee and earned income tax credits by €50 in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029,...
    • Tax Collection
      419.To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the income tax standard rate band by €500 in 2025, a further €500 in 2026, a further €500 in 2027, a...
    • Tax Credits
      422.To ask the Minister for Finance the first- and full-year cost in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 of making research and development payable credits, under the R&D...
    • Tax Collection
      423.To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised in the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 by introducing a luxury vehicle tax applied at a rate of 10% on the importation or sale of...
    • Tax Credits
      426.To ask the Minister for Finance to consider a change to the age tax credit in Budget 2025, given that the prevailing rate has been in place for several years, since there are a number of...
    • Rental Sector
      427.To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of reducing the period in which pre-letting expenditure in respect of certain residential premises can be claimed from eight years to four years; and...
    • Consumer Protection
      429.To ask the Minister for Finance if a financial service provider has not kept required records such as records of phone calls in relation to a customer as detailed in the Consumer Protection...
    • Tax Reliefs
      430.To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of expanding section 481 tax relief to theatre productions. [33651/24]
    • Tax Collection
      434.To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be gained by imposing a levy on ticket sale and distribution service providers at a rate of 3%, 4% and 5%, based on the revenue earned...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      435.To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of introducing income averaging for artists. [33657/24]
    • Tax Exemptions
      436.To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of increasing the cap on the level of exempt income under the artists’ tax exemption from €50,000 to €60,000, to €75,000,...
    • Tax Yield
      440.To ask the Minister for Finance the full-year revenue that would be generated by imposing a minimum effective corporate tax rate of 15% on pre-tax gross trading profits before deductions,...
    • Tax Reliefs
      443.To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue that would be generated by abolishing the special assignee relief programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tax Yield
      444.To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue that would be generated by establishing four new income tax bands of 50% on earnings between €100,000 and...
    • Tax Rebates
      449.To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of abolishing the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33737/24]
    • Tax Yield
      450.To ask the Minister for Finance the full-year revenue that would be generated by increasing stamp duty on non-residential property to 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33738/24]
    • Tax Reliefs
      452.To ask the Minister for Finance the full-year cost of reducing the pension earnings limit from €115,000 to €60,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33740/24]
    • Tax Yield
      453.To ask the Minister for Finance the full-year revenue that would be generated by increasing capital gains tax to 40%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33741/24]
    • Budget 2025
      455.To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost for index linking the existing tax bands to inflation in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33743/24]
    • Tax Collection
      456.To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a full-year cost for increasing tax bands by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33744/24]
    • Universal Social Charge
      458.To ask the Minister for Finance the full-year cost of abolishing USC for all earners and replacing it with a higher income social charge of 10% on all earnings over €100,000 euro per...
    • Tax Credits
      459.To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people who do not use their full tax credit; the total cost of refunding unused tax credits to the people; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Funding
      460.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the necessary funding will be released by his Department to rebuild the weir and build the new fish pass on the blackwater river in...
    • Pension Provisions
      461.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the money allocated to the State’s contribution to auto-enrolment within the base under the stability programme update and summer...
    • An Garda Síochána
      462.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will prioritise investment into upgrading the Castlepollard Garda station (details supplied). [30988/24]
    • Departmental Contracts
      463.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the private companies operating within the grounds of Leinster House; the number which are contracted by his Department, the OPW or the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      464.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of works on the weir at Ballincollig regional park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31115/24]
    • Public Appointments Service
      465.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the slow processing times of the Public Appointments Service (PAS); if there are any plans to improve the processing times...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      466.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if public sector bodies can continue to use cloud computing to deliver digital-driven public services; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      468.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a person who has served in the Defence Forces for less than 21 years and has taken a position within the public service can have their...
    • Brexit Supports
      469.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount allocated and spent to date under the EU Brexit adjustment reserve; the specific projects to which funds were allocated;...
    • Office of Public Works
      470.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will publish an account of the progress of the working group at this time in its deliberations; if he will provide...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      471.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of legal cases taken by his Department, or by agencies or bodies under his Department’s aegis, against another...
    • Brexit Supports
      472.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for a full breakdown for all moneys drawn down from Brexit adjustment reserve funding; how the moneys were spent; if any moneys announced...
    • Fiscal Policy
      473.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on an issue raised by the acting chief economist of IFAC (details supplied) regarding the discrepancy between the capital...
    • Office of Public Works
      474.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the developments in terms of expenditure and capital works that have taken place at Rathfarnham Castle since 2020, or that are planned....
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      475.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital expenditure by his Department on the Whitechurch Stream and River Poddle flood alleviation schemes; and if he will make a...
    • An Garda Síochána
      476.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has received a request from An Garda Síochána since 2021 to fund the refurbishment of Garda immigration unit based...
    • Office of the Ombudsman
      480.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will extend the remit of the Ombudsman to include Uisce éireann; if he will extend the remit of the Ombudsman to all companies...
    • Office of Public Works
      481.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the results of the OPW's spring survey conducted in respect of Castletown House. [31868/24]
    • EU Funding
      482.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a breakdown of the moneys Ireland has received to date from the EU recovery and resilience facility; the distribution of the...
    • Summer Economic Statement
      483.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if provision has been made in either voted current spending or budgetary decisions in table 1 of the summer economic statement, with...
    • National Monuments
      485.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the works scheduled to commence in June 2024 on the national monument in Moore Street will commence; and the nature of those works....
    • Office of Public Works
      486.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if access issues to a State-owned property (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31925/24]
    • An Garda Síochána
      487.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the works to Cashel Garda station, Hogan Square, Cashel, County Tipperary; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that...
    • Office of Public Works
      488.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has ever employed a company (details supplied) to provide security personnel at any OPW site in each of the years 2022, 2023...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      489.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the progression of the funding application submitted by Cork County Council for the rollout of individual...
    • Summer Economic Statement
      493.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out the composition of the €3.7 billion existing services level expenditure by Departments, as set out in the...
    • Houses of the Oireachtas Commission
      494.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of air changes or cleanings or filtrations or purifications per hour in the Dáil and Seanad Chambers; how this compares...
    • Office of Public Works
      495.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has undertaken every possible step to make and keep the lands at Castletown accessible to people with disabilities and...
    • Public Sector Pay
      496.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full-year cost of ensuring that every public sector worker is paid a minimum of €15 per hour; and if he will make a...
    • State Bodies
      499.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his policy on independent boards of State agencies; whether these are required in legislation that establishes each agency in line with...
    • Public Services Provision
      501.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, to ensure quality public service, he will introduce timelines for decisions, in order that the public can know the exact timeline for...
    • Coastal Protection
      502.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress his Department, the OPW, and other State agencies have made in providing emergency temporary protection for properties and...
    • Flood Risk Management
      503.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a full update on the delivery of the National Catchment-based Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme for the Fingal...
    • Office of Public Works
      505.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to detail all the OPW-owned sites in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33257/24]
    • Flood Risk Management
      506.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will detail each allocation made to Louth County Council under the OPW’s minor flood mitigation works and coastal protection...
    • Public Sector Pay
      507.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of a 1% increase in public sector pay for all those earning less than €100,000. [33264/24]
    • International Protection
      510.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for a breakdown of the expenditure from the contingency reserve assigned for temporary protection and international protection related...
    • Public Sector Pay
      512.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the first- and full-year cost of increasing all wages in the public sector to a minimum of 14.80, 15.00, 15.20, 15.40 respectively, in...
    • Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
      513.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of a 10 percent increase in funding for the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, in tabular form. [33380/24]
    • State Bodies
      514.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of a 10 percent increase in the funding for the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service, in tabular form....
    • Office of Public Works
      515.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of a 25%, 50% and 100% increase in the funding for the OPW for the construction and acquisition of buildings for...
    • State Bodies
      517.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of increasing the Office of the Chief Information Officer budget by 5, 10 and 20 percent respectively, in tabular...
    • Flood Risk Management
      518.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost to increase expenditure on flood defences by capital expenditure by 5%, in tabular form. [33387/24]
    • Public Sector Pay
      519.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated saving of reducing the salary top up of politicians, including An Taoiseach, Tánaiste, Ministers and Ministers of...
    • State Bodies
      521.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the first- and full-year cost of increasing funding to the Director of Public Prosecutions by 10%, 25% and 50%, respectively, in tabular...
    • Office of Public Works
      522.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of abolishing admission charges for OPW heritage sites, in tabular form. [33394/24]
    • Flood Risk Management
      525.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason Mogeely and Castlemartyr in east Cork have not been included in tranche 1 of flood prevention works. [33406/24]
    • International Protection
      528.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a breakdown of the expenditure from the contingency reserve assigned for temporary protection and international...
    • Office of Public Works
      530.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total revenue generated by admissions fees to OPW heritage sites each year for the past five years. [33522/24]
    • Court Accommodation
      531.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has finalised its cost-benefit analysis for the court building in Wicklow town; its findings in relation to the viability of a...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Departmental Data
      532.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the full-year cost of introducing three new bank holidays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33751/24]
    • Economic and Social Research Institute
      533.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he commissioned the ESRI research on the impact of statutory sick leave; the scope of this research; the methodology; the...
    • Trade Data
      534.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Irish-registered companies, by sector, which traded with Germany in 2023, in tabular form. [30986/24]
    • Work Permits
      535.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of work permits issued to bus drivers from non-EU and non-EEA states since the changes made in December 2022; and if he...
    • State Bodies
      536.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increasing Enterprise Ireland funding by 5%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 50%, in tabular form. [31170/24]
    • Departmental Functions
      539.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of establishing the co-operative development unit within his Department. [31173/24]
    • State Bodies
      540.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increasing InterTrade funding by 5%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 50%, in tabular form. [31174/24]
    • Departmental Schemes
      541.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increasing funding for the innovation voucher scheme by 50% and 100%, in tabular form. [31176/24]
    • Research Funding
      543.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increasing research, development, and innovation funding under his Department by 5%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 50%, in...
    • Departmental Funding
      544.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increasing the disruptive technology fund by 5%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 50%, in tabular form. [31179/24]
    • Departmental Data
      545.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the names of all the IDA client companies with operations in County Wexford at present; the number of employees in each such company,...
    • Industrial Development
      546.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA site visits to County Wexford made in the past 18 months, in tabular form; the results to date of any such visits;...
    • Regional Development
      547.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to support the strategic development zone at Ireland West Airport Knock; when the feasibility study will be published; and...
    • Work Permits
      548.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the visa options for an individual (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31322/24]
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      549.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of legal cases taken by his Department, or by agencies or bodies under his Department’s aegis, against another...
    • Health and Safety
      550.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated full-year cost of hiring an additional thirty Health and Safety Authority inspectors. [31420/24]
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      551.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated full-year cost of hiring an additional thirty Workplace Relations Commission inspectors. [31421/24]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      552.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the capital and current funding allocated to the National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training in 2023 and 2024, in...
    • Health and Safety
      553.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will introduce regulations requiring the testing of metals in tampons by manufacturers. [31600/24]
    • Industrial Development
      554.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the locations where IDA are constructing new advanced building solutions; and when each of these new locations will be completed in...
    • Living Wage
      555.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated number of workers who will benefit from the third step in moving towards the living wage in 2025; and the number of...
    • Trade Data
      557.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total value of imports from Israel for 2023 and to date in 2024, segmented by type of product; and if any Department or agency...
    • Business Supports
      559.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in each local authority that have been approved for the increased cost of business grant; the total amount...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      561.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the action being taken by the IDA and Enterprise Ireland to support new businesses and jobs in counties Cavan and...
    • Business Supports
      562.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a list of the supports currently available to businesses with the rising cost of running a business, particularly those in the...
    • Enterprise Policy
      563.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the roll-out of enterprise hubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32227/24]
    • Work Permits
      564.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the consultation that has taken place between a body (details supplied) and his Department regarding the changes announced in...
    • Business Supports
      565.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available to encourage and support persons starting new businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32310/24]
    • Industrial Development
      566.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the work of the IDA in County Louth in the past 12 months, including the work done to try to prevent job losses at...
    • Business Supports
      567.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an assessment of his Department’s views on the state of the pharma, technology and med-tech sectors; and if...
    • Departmental Meetings
      568.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on his Department’s engagement with the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32379/24]
    • Enterprise Policy
      569.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures being taken by his Department, in conjunction with other Departments, on the development of an all-Ireland enterprise...
    • Industrial Development
      570.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of site visits that were taken by IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland clients to each of the local electoral areas (LEAs) in...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      572.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the companies in County Wicklow that have benefited from grants from Enterprise Ireland over the past five years, in tabular form; the...
    • Enterprise Policy
      573.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a skills audit for County Wicklow by IDA Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32528/24]
    • Industrial Development
      574.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of site visits to each county over the past five years by the IDA, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      576.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Enterprise Ireland sponsored companies per county; the number of jobs in Enterprise Ireland sponsored companies, by...
    • Industrial Development
      577.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA-sponsored companies per county; and the number of jobs in IDA-sponsored companies, by county, in tabular form; and...
    • Enterprise Policy
      579.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a progress report on the implementation of the midland regional enterprise plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Bodies
      580.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacancies at IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland; the duration of such vacancies; and to outline the challenges for...
    • Work Permits
      581.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 23 May 2024, for an update on plans to remove dental nurses from the ineligible occupation...
    • Enterprise Policy
      582.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 99 of 23 May 2024, if the decarbonisation roadmaps for Ireland's manufacturing industry and for...
    • Living Wage
      584.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of immediately raising the minimum wage to a living wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33138/24]
    • National Minimum Wage
      585.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of immediately raising sub-minimum pay for under 20s to the minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Job Losses
      586.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to stimulate employment in Drogheda given the recent announcement of job losses in the area; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      587.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total expenditure, both capital and current, allocated to the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland, each year, for the past five...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport
      588.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will re-examine an application for school transport for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30895/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      590.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who are recorded as being without an appropriate special education classroom place in each county; the longest and average...
    • Budget 2025
      591.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in relation to the need for pay parity for those teachers who qualified post-2011, she will ensure that this pay parity is budgeted for in...
    • School Transport
      592.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action her Department is taking to ensure pupils attending a school (details supplied), and who are eligible for school transport, are...
    • Special Educational Needs
      593.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the Government’s over-arching strategy for children on the autism spectrum; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation
      594.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 333 of 14 May 2024, if the stage 2B report, under review from both a financial and technical perspective,...
    • Special Educational Needs
      595.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she agrees that a school (details supplied) has to expand its autism-special needs classes as it does not have enough to cater for children in...
    • School Enrolments
      596.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of enrolled children in each year of secondary level education across the State, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Facilities
      598.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a summary of the findings from the survey conducted with schools in relation to the use of school buildings out of school hours; and if she...
    • School Transport
      599.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 25 June 2024, the reason for the estimated increase in the cost of transporting SEN pupils under the...
    • Education Schemes
      603.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are in place for parents who must now purchase touchscreen tablets for schoolchildren in lieu of books which were previously...
    • School Transport
      604.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure a school bus place is allocated to a child (details supplied) on discretionary grounds. [31051/24]
    • Education Policy
      605.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is no mention in the new draft curriculum (details supplied) of the previous goal of developing a sense of Irish identity; and if...
    • School Costs
      606.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when payroll forms will be completed and returned to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal that are urgently required; and if she will...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      607.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a teacher, and influencer (details supplied) who recently featured in a collaborative video clip which was posted on social media channels, was...
    • Special Educational Needs
      610.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD places available in secondary schools in Ballincollig, Cork for September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      612.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the school building programme in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31118/24]
    • School Staff
      614.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will commit to engaging directly with the national principals' forum, and other key stakeholders, to gain a deeper understanding of the...
    • School Funding
      619.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case and latest appeal by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the status of this matter; the steps her Department is taking to...
    • Citizens' Assembly
      620.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the timeline in relation to the citizen’s assembly on the future of education; when it will be established; and if she...
    • Education Schemes
      621.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided for NEPS services in Limerick in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form. [31250/24]
    • Education and Training Boards
      622.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the capital funds are available to her Department or the Louth and Meath Education and Training Board (LMETB) to undertake the work to develop...
    • Schools Building Projects
      623.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided for capital projects in Limerick schools in each of the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31338/24]
    • School Staff
      624.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school teachers employed in Limerick in each of the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31339/24]
    • School Enrolments
      625.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school students enrolled in Limerick schools in each of the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31340/24]
    • Education Schemes
      628.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided through the ICT grant to Limerick schools in each of the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31343/24]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      629.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received from schools in Limerick under the major capital works scheme; and the number granted to date in 2024, in...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      630.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of legal cases taken by her Department or by State agencies or bodies under her Department's aegis against another Department,...
    • Special Educational Needs
      631.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special schools in Ireland, and the total number of students in attendance for the academic year 2023-24; the number which are...
    • School Admissions
      633.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31385/24]
    • School Transport
      634.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school bus ticket applications issued in Donegal for the academic year 2023-24 compared with the previous 2022-23 academic year, in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      635.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost to recruit 200 additional special needs assistants. [31404/24]
    • School Transport
      637.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school bus ticket applications issued in County Clare for the academic year 2023-24 compared with the previous 2022-23 academic...
    • Schools Building Projects
      638.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount her Department has paid for the construction of a new school in Dublin (details supplied). [31408/24]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      639.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will be completed. [31409/24]
    • School Equipment
      640.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in Limerick that have completed solar panel projects under the free school solar scheme. [31410/24]
    • Folúntais ar Bhoird Stáit
      641.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth gur leanadh le ceapachán, agus fianaise shoiléir ann go raibh réamheolas ag feidhmeannacht agus bord de Bhord...
    • School Transport
      643.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on school transport arrangements for an individual (details supplied); if a reply can be provided to the person’s parents,...
    • School Staff
      644.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the recruitment of therapists in special schools across the country, to ensure that all students at special schools have access to...
    • School Transport
      645.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the departmental review of the upper age limit applied to drivers of school bus services; and if she will make a statement...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      646.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 328 of 9 July 2024, when the Teaching Council will make a decision in relation to the matters referred to;...
    • School Funding
      647.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided for capital projects for schools in County Kerry, from 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024, by year, in tabular form. [31493/24]
    • School Staff
      648.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school teachers employed in County Kerry, from 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024, by year, in tabular form. [31494/24]
    • School Enrolments
      649.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school students enrolled in schools in County Kerry, from 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024, by year, in tabular form. [31495/24]
    • School Funding
      652.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided through the ICT grants to Kerry schools, from 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024, by year, in tabular form. [31498/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      653.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received from schools in Kerry under the major capital works scheme; and the number granted to date in 2024, in tabular...
    • School Staff
      654.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31514/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      655.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 243 of 2 July 2024, if a school placement will be expedited for a child (details supplied). [31560/24]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      656.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if correspondence (details supplied) will be reviewed; the current position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31575/24]
    • School Transport
      657.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total seat capacity and number of applications for school transport tickets to a school in County Donegal (details supplied); if additional...
    • School Funding
      658.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of schools within Kildare that received funding to carry out works under the summer works scheme 2024, in tabular form....
    • School Transport
      659.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Bus éireann supplies a list of all contracted external bus drivers to her Department that provide buses and-or coaches under the school...
    • National Council for Special Education
      660.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacancies, broken down by grade, specifying whether they are full-time or part-time, to work with the National Council for Special...
    • Special Educational Needs
      661.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the National Council for Special Education is examining the demand for specific special schools and special education places in mainstream...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      662.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost in 2025 of reducing the teacher-pupil ratio by one point at primary level. [31689/24]
    • School Equipment
      664.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a list of schools that have availed of solar panel installations under the solar for schools programme, which commenced in 2023, in tabular...
    • School Accommodation
      665.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made under the additional accommodation scheme for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31724/24]
    • School Admissions
      666.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if every effort can be made to facilitate a school place for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31738/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      667.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a school (details supplied) will be reviewed; the steps her Department is taking in relation to this issue; if her Department has...
    • Special Educational Needs
      668.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 66 of 11 July 2024, if she will provide the number of known children who have to date no school place for...
    • School Staff
      669.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure an additional SNA is allocated to a school (details supplied). [31796/24]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      670.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial and other supports that have been made available to a school (details supplied) in each of the past four years in view of the...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      671.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to recruit a second deputy principal in all DEIS schools. [31800/24]
    • School Transport
      672.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport bus tickets have now been granted in the case of persons (details supplied); when confirmation of a bus ticket will be...
    • Schools Building Projects
      674.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the emergency works application for a school (details supplied); the status of its new-build application; and if she will make a...
    • School Admissions
      675.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case for a school place will be examined for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31938/24]
    • School Enrolments
      676.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the current demand versus supply of student placements in schools located in Dublin mid-west; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Textbooks
      677.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of free schoolbooks distributed to schools in Dublin mid-west over the past year and for the semester ahead; and if she will make a...
    • School Staff
      678.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional teachers employed in schools in Dublin mid-west in the past academic year; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      679.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new SEN classes opened in schools in Dublin mid-west to accommodate increasing student numbers; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      680.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31957/24]
    • School Facilities
      682.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to an issue with the one modular building that is on a school site (details supplied); if she will guarantee that...
    • Schools Building Projects
      684.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if new post-primary school developments are being considered for an area in addition to a school (details supplied) due to increased demographics...
    • School Equipment
      686.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided for the installation of solar panels on schools in Galway in each year since 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • School Funding
      687.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is intended to move the ICT grant to a more structured, reliable model, that is not subject to the availability of Exchequer funding and the...
    • School Staff
      690.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the current allocation model for SNAs to schools; if she is satisfied that this model serves schools and pupils effectively; when it is...
    • Special Educational Needs
      691.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new ASD classes in mainstream schools that will open in the Lucan, Clondalkin, Palmerstown, Rathcoole, Newcastle, Saggart and...
    • School Admissions
      692.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions taken by her Department to ensure increased first year places in schools in Lucan, Clondalkin, Palmerstown, Rathcoole, Newcastle,...
    • School Staff
      693.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department has taken and plans to take to resolve the chronic teacher supply shortage impacting the education sector in recent...
    • School Management
      694.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has considered increasing the number of principal release days for teaching principals; if not, if it will be considered at the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      695.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the large-scale project for a school (details supplied) under the School Building Programme; when the project will advance given...
    • State Examinations
      706.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who have received braille exam papers for both the Junior and Leaving Certificate examinations in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      707.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost in 2025 of 40 additional educational psychologists for the National Educational Psychological Service. [32081/24]
    • Education Policy
      708.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the policy on Irish-medium education outside the Gaeltacht will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32094/24]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      709.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application to amalgamate two schools (details supplied); and if the application will be expedited. [32097/24]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      710.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the pupil to teacher ratio for post primary level. [32111/24]
    • School Transport
      712.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a school bus in County Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32114/24]
    • School Funding
      716.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the sort of funds under which schools are expected to meet water rates expenses; if her Department has an estimate of the amount being transferred...
    • School Accommodation
      717.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for two temporary rooms will be approved for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      718.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32189/24]
    • Cyberbullying Issues
      720.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her strategy to tackle cyberbullying and harassment, particularly of children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32191/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      721.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32192/24]
    • School Transport
      722.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of the school transport grant; who can apply for same; the nature of the application process; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Facilities
      724.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts that have been made to provide a space in each national school for children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Staff
      727.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the removal of grants for ancillary staff in schools; if she plans to reinstate these grants; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      728.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a progress report on a special education site in Glanmire, County Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      729.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32258/24]
    • School Accommodation
      731.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an additional accommodation application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32260/24]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      734.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32277/24]
    • Grant Payments
      735.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an issue regarding grant funding for schools (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32282/24]
    • School Staff
      736.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason teachers have to reinterview for their position in a school when they have already been successful in their first interview, and deemed...
    • Special Educational Needs
      740.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of a second ASD class in a primary school based in County Dublin (details supplied); and if this class will be...
    • School Admissions
      741.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children on a waiting list for a place in a second level school in Westmeath, in tabular form. [32317/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      746.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the plans for the expansion of the school inclusion model and educational therapy support services in order that every school has these...
    • Schools Building Projects
      748.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in the school building programme planned for a school in County Louth (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs
      751.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made to provide additional autism units at primary and secondary schools in County Louth for the September 2024 intake of...
    • Departmental Policies
      752.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department intends to develop a strategic plan for the provision of SEN at primary schools over the next three years; and if she will make...
    • State Examinations
      753.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 312 of 9 July 2024, her views on the structure of the planned review of the RACE scheme; if the review will...
    • School Accommodation
      754.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the accommodation needs for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32401/24]
    • School Facilities
      755.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available from her Department to provide general purpose halls or sports halls to primary schools that currently do not have such...
    • Departmental Reports
      756.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the areas for which external evaluation has been commissioned by her Department in the past five years; the body undertaking the research; if the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      757.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the membership of each board operating under her Department; the basis on which they are selected; and the number who have completed more than one...
    • State Examinations
      758.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the pathway which she has mapped out for the reform of the Leaving Certificate; and the timescale for each significant milestone planned. [32407/24]
    • Departmental Policies
      759.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the key pieces of policy research conducted by the central policy unit in the past five years; and the extent to which the recommendations have...
    • Departmental Reports
      760.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of whole school evaluations which have been conducted by the inspectorate in the past five years; and the level of take up of...
    • Departmental Programmes
      761.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the targets she has set for digital teaching and learning over the next five years; if new programmes are in development to achieve these targets;...
    • School Patronage
      762.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the targets she has set for diversification of patronage over the next five years at primary level; if new programmes are in development to...
    • Departmental Programmes
      763.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the programmes to which the discretionary new spend at budget time has been allocated in each of the past five years; the impact that they have...
    • Departmental Bodies
      764.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the major bodies established under her Department have been subject to external evaluation; the most recent such evaluation; and if she...
    • Departmental Programmes
      765.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of programmes of her Department that have been subject to evaluation in the past five years, as was the intention set out in the Public...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      766.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make available the terms of reference, research brief and any other documentation supplied by her Department to the study group in...
    • School Accommodation
      769.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the summer works programme for County Westmeath, in tabular form. [32425/24]
    • School Textbooks
      770.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of the free schoolbooks scheme for all secondary school students, inclusive of the leaving certificate cycle....
    • School Transport
      774.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to facilitate a new school transport bus route from Delvin into Mullingar, County Westmeath, under the revised guideline as per School Transport...
    • Special Educational Needs
      775.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 578 of 17 January 2024, if she will provide an update on any engagement her Department has had with the...
    • School Transport
      776.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be adequate provision of school bus places in north Kildare in the academic year 2024-25 in order to prevent attendant stress on...
    • Irish Language
      777.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that every effort is being made to facilitate parents in north Kildare wishing to educate their children in Gaelscoileanna at...
    • Schools Building Projects
      778.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied); when the project will move to construction stage; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Admissions
      785.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all students who applied for a secondary school place in an area (details supplied) have now received confirmation of their school place for...
    • School Textbooks
      786.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is intended that the free schoolbooks scheme will be extended to leaving certificate students; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Child Safety
      787.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school staff members who are suspects or persons of interest in child protection criminal investigations who her Department...
    • School Transport
      788.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the total and annual savings from 2024 to 2030 incorporated in the recommendations of the school transport review by assuming a rising...
    • Special Educational Needs
      789.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 89 to 91, inclusive, of 12 June 2024, to outline the mean and median average duration of summer programmes...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      795.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the current expenditure pre-committed to her Department for responding to demographic pressures and pay in each of the years 2025 to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      796.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the current expenditure pre-committed to her Department for responding to demographic pressures and pay as regards special educational...
    • School Transport
      797.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the expenditure pre-committed to the school transport scheme in each of the years 2025 to 2029, in tabular form. [32635/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      798.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to provide early intervention preschools in counties Sligo and Leitrim. [32639/24]
    • School Accommodation
      801.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional accommodation and improvements would be provided to a primary school (details supplied) which has been approached by the National...
    • School Staff
      802.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to address the staffing crisis of deputy principals across the country. [32703/24]
    • School Transport
      803.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she and her Department expect to be in a position to improve school transport serving primary and second level schools...
    • Special Educational Needs
      805.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the offer of lands at a site (details supplied) as a location for a much-needed special school in County...
    • School Transport
      807.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on her Department’s work to increase the provision of school bus services in rural areas. [32809/24]
    • Education Policy
      808.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has engaged with disability groups in regard to concerns about a lack of consideration towards disabled students in schools' codes of...
    • Legislative Reviews
      811.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is intended to review the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and, if so, to provide a timeline for the review....
    • Special Educational Needs
      812.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the rates of pay for SNAs for the July provision; when payment was issued to SNAs in 2021, 2022, and 2023; and when it is estimated that...
    • Education Policy
      814.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if unqualified teachers are subject to Garda vetting before teaching a class. [32833/24]
    • School Transport
      815.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of school bus services, per county, in tabular form. [32834/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      817.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when approval to tender will issue for a school (details supplied) now that planning for the extension has been approved by Westmeath County...
    • Educational Reform
      821.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of guaranteeing the right to non-denominational or multi-denominational education to all non-Catholic students currently in...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      822.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost of State payments to private schools, including payments to staff. [32969/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      823.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost of providing special education teachers, special needs assistants and other additional needs supports to schools on a...
    • Departmental Data
      824.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will detail for all primary schools in each of Dublin 1, Dublin 3, Dublin 7, Dublin 9 and Dublin 11, the total number of students in each...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      826.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year and first-year cost, respectively, of reducing the pupil-teacher staffing ratio by one point at primary level; the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      829.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional number of special education teachers recruited in the 2023-24 school year; the additional number to be recruited in the 2024-25...
    • Departmental Data
      830.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional number of teachers recruited at primary and second level, respectively, in the 2023-24 school year, and the additional number to be...
    • Building Energy Rating
      832.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school buildings with a BER ratings of B or higher; the number below that; the projected all-in cost to bring every school building...
    • Special Educational Needs
      833.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans with respect to the education of teachers, SNAs and others employed in education settings around foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in...
    • School Transport
      834.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount being spent transporting children to school, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33039/24]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      835.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. [33082/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      836.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will commit to working with the Minister for Health to finalise the transfer of 7 acres of land at St. Peter's, Castlepollard, to...
    • School Funding
      837.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals, if any, to award funding to more primary schools under the STEM grant scheme in 2024 and 2025; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Staff
      838.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding will be provided for primary schools to strengthen school leadership by providing a full reinstatement of assistant...
    • Teacher Training
      839.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of full State funding for the mandatory 'Tréimhse Foghlama sa Ghaeltacht' for all student teachers, including in public and private...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      840.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of funding TEG examinations for all third level courses where it is required, and of subsidising the examination for other third level...
    • School Admissions
      841.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being made to ensure a child (details supplied) receives a place in a secondary school for 2024-25; and if she will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs
      842.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child in County Mayo (details supplied) was deemed suitable for a place in an ASD unit and then when funding became an issue for the...
    • School Staff
      843.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school teachers in each county in 2023-24; the provisional allocation in each county for 2024-25, in tabular form; and if...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      844.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average class size in primary schools in each county in 2023-24, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33206/24]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      845.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she would consider accepting an historical statement of contributions from the Department of Social Protection in place of the employer's...
    • Departmental Data
      846.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 424 of 9 April 2024, to identify all second level education institutions aided by her Department that are...
    • Schools Building Projects
      847.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new school building will be constructed for a school (details supplied). [33335/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      849.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SENOs, per county, in tabular form; and a list of the counties each SENO works in, excluding their own. [33398/24]
    • School Funding
      850.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that did not receive ancillary grant money in term 3 of the latest school year. [33399/24]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      851.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the EU average pupil-teacher ratio at primary level. [33400/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      852.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if appropriate steps will be taken to ensure centralised data is published every year on the number of children with SEN who are without an...
    • Departmental Funding
      853.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the ancillary services grant by 1, 5 and 10%, respectively. [33402/24]
    • School Accommodation
      854.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 11 July 2024, if she can clarify an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Enrolments
      855.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of students at primary and post-primary level in the 2023-24 school year; and the expected student numbers at primary and...
    • School Facilities
      857.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm the most appropriate funding source within her Department applicable to a school (details supplied) with an urgent need to...
    • Legislative Process
      858.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she considered the recommendations furnished in a report by the Joint Oireachtas Committee as part of the legislative process for a Bill...
    • School Transport
      859.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been in change in criteria for children with a diagnosis of autism to avail of transport to a special school. [33517/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      860.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the primary, secondary and special schools in County Cavan and County Monaghan taking part in the summer programme; the timeframe each school is...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      861.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in County Cavan and County Monaghan awaiting an appointment with a National Educational Psychological Service psychologist;...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      862.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average, median, maximum and minimum primary school class sizes for the Cork City and Cork County Council area from 2019 to date in 2024, in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      863.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals to the National Council for Special Education, by county, and the number of successful appeals over each of the past five...
    • Sports Facilities
      864.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the need to provide additional funding for sports halls in schools. [33637/24]
    • School Transport
      866.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to facilitate transport into Mullingar for a person (details supplied). [33675/24]
    • School Staff
      867.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the criteria for allocating principal release time. [33683/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      869.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on school building works at a school (details provided) in County Meath. [33685/24]
    • School Transport
      870.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the school transport scheme review; when proposed changes will come into effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      872.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide continual professional development for ‘mainstream’ teachers, SETs and SNAs with regard to teaching and providing...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      873.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a report on the needs based in school multidisciplinary teams that operate in ten primary schools in the north-east inner city; to...
    • School Staff
      874.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school-based speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and psychologists are part of the local CHO-sanctioned posts, or are in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      877.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how special needs assistants are allocated to primary schools, special schools and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      880.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to facilitate school transport for a person (details supplied). [33755/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      883.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the project brief for a school (details supplied) will be finalised; when the project will progress to architectural planning; and if she...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Rental Sector
      890.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of short-term lets in operation in Cork, by local area, in tabular form. [32807/24]
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      891.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost of restoring the capital grant for Gaeltacht summer colleges at the rate immediately prior to its abolition and...
    • Media Sector
      892.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated revenue to be generated from introducing a levy of 3% on audiovisual media service providers, in line with the...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      895.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on the imminent decision on major funding for RTé; if she has considered its implications for the...
    • Sports Funding
      899.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for the delay in transferring the funding that was granted by way of a sports capital grant in 2022 to a club (details...
    • Oideachas Gaeltachta
      901.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil an t-athbhreithniú straitéiseach ar Muintearas Teo. curtha i gcrích agus faofa ag údarás na...
    • údarás na Gaeltachta
      902.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost of increasing údarás na Gaeltachta funding by 5%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 50%, in tabular form. [31175/24]
    • Departmental Schemes
      903.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures in place to ensure that organisations that received funding under the late-night events (pilot programme) 2023 are not...
    • Tourist Accommodation
      904.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress to regulate short-term letting; and if she has engaged with the European Commission on the matter. [31266/24]
    • Sports Funding
      905.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when an official letter of sanction will issue to successful applicants under the sports capital equipment grants scheme; the...
    • Arts Council
      908.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will support the request of the Arts Council for an increase of €160 million, as expressed in its pre-budget 2025...
    • Sports Organisations
      909.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the guidelines in place for sporting organisations in respect of consent training, particularly those where teams and participants...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      910.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of legal cases taken by her Department, or by agencies or bodies under her Department’s aegis, against another...
    • Departmental Funding
      911.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding supports available to groups (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31401/24]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      912.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount her Department spent on external cleaning companies to provide cleaning personnel in 2023 and to date in 2024, in...
    • Culture Ireland
      913.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount allocated towards the promotion of Irish culture abroad in the years 2019 to date, by project and year, in tabular form;...
    • Sports Funding
      914.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31533/24]
    • Sports Facilities
      915.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is funding available for clubs that have their facilities destroyed by antisocial behaviour. [31542/24]
    • Sports Funding
      917.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of occasions in 2023 and to date in 2024 on which Sport Ireland withheld State funding from national governing bodies,...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      919.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how the pilot minimum income scheme for artists and musicians is proceeding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31661/24]
    • Brexit Supports
      920.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount drawn down by her Department from the Brexit adjustment reserve, and a breakdown of how it was allocated and spent, by...
    • Sports Funding
      922.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the ranking of Semple Stadium, Thurles, for major capital infrastructure works under the sports capital programme; and if she will...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      923.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the latest position arising from a meeting held with the language planning officer for the Muscraí Gaeltacht Language Planning...
    • Sports Funding
      925.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a breakdown of the grants provided to County Mayo under the sports capital and equipment programme allocations in 2020,...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      928.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the basic income for the arts pilot scheme will reopen for additional applications; and, if so, when it will reopen. [32034/24]
    • Departmental Budgets
      931.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost in 2025 if the budget for Screen Ireland increased by 10%. [32072/24]
    • National Cultural Institutions
      932.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the State will consider purchasing a guitar and any other important items associated with an iconic blues and rock musician...
    • Maoiniú d'Eagrais Ghaeilge
      934.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht faoi cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh maidir le hiarratas ar dheontas ó eagraíocht (sonraí tugtha) chun...
    • Tourist Accommodation
      935.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures being considered to reduce the cost of tourist accommodation. [32476/24]
    • Broadcasting Sector
      936.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if independent media can be supported through the review of State broadcasting support. [32477/24]
    • Museum Projects
      937.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the progress of the transport museum in Mullingar. [32478/24]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      939.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated full-year cost of doubling the current spending on the arts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32609/24]
    • Artists' Remuneration
      942.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the proposals to extend the basic income for the arts pilot scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32660/24]
    • Departmental Strategies
      943.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has commenced plans to design a nightlife action plan, including enhanced policing and public transport, in time...
    • Sports Funding
      945.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when successful clubs will be informed of their allocation under the sports capital funding. [32931/24]
    • Broadcasting Sector
      950.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of additional funding, and then total public funding, provided to RTé and TG4, respectively, in each year since...
    • Media Sector
      952.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht regarding the recently announced journalism schemes, if consideration will be given to removing the requirement to have 20% news...
    • údarás na Gaeltachta
      953.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte Uimh. 14 ar an 30 Bealtaine 2024, an dtabharfaidh sí soiléiriú ar an obair...
    • Acht na Gaeltachta
      954.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte Uimh. 35 ar an 30 Bealtaine 2024, cén dul chun cinn atá déanta ar an obair...
    • údarás na Gaeltachta
      955.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte Uimh. 4 ar an 30 Bealtaine 2024, an dtabharfaidh sí sonraí faoin teagmháil a bhí...
    • Maoiniú d'Eagrais Ghaeilge
      956.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte Uimh. 42 ar an 30 Bealtaine 2024, an dtabharfaidh sí soiléiriú ar an bplean a...
    • European Capital of Culture
      957.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 29 May 2024, the status of the drawdown of the €1 million in Galway 2020 legacy...
    • údarás na Gaeltachta
      958.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to clarify the contents of the confidentiality agreement concerning the sale of Arramara Teoranta by údarás na Gaeltachta...
    • Irish Language
      960.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost of funding TEG examinations for all third level courses where it is required, and subsidising the examination for other...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      963.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost to provide Raidió Rí-Rá on FM as a full-time service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33143/24]
    • Film Industry
      965.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated first- and full-year cost of implementing the recommendations of the Committee on Budget Oversight on Section 481....
    • Social Media
      966.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress to date in introducing measures to counteract misinformation, disinformation and abuse on social media platforms; if...
    • Tourism Promotion
      967.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to stimulate tourism in Drogheda given the recent loss of tourism accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Film Industry
      969.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the work of the stakeholders’ forum, one of the recommendations of the recent report on section 481...
    • Consumer Protection
      972.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the protections in place for ticketholders due to the cancellation of festivals/events; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Sports Funding
      973.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the annual expenditure provided each year for the past five years as part of the sports capital and equipment programme. [33437/24]
    • Foras na Gaeilge
      974.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total expenditure provided through Foras na Gaeilge to the Irish language network development schemes; and to provide a list of...
    • Departmental Programmes
      976.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total allocation in 2024 for the Irish language books programme, the cost of restoring the Irish language books programme to...
    • Foras na Gaeilge
      977.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total expenditure provided through Foras na Gaeilge to Irish-language journalism, print and online media. [33442/24]
    • údarás na Gaeltachta
      978.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total expenditure, both capital and current, allocated to údarás na Gaeltachta each year for the past five years....
    • Foras na Gaeilge
      979.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total expenditure, both capital and current, allocated to Foras na Gaeilge each year for the past five years. [33464/24]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      980.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total expenditure, both capital and current, allocated to each Gaeltacht language planning area, Gaeltacht service town and...
    • Gaeltacht Scholarships
      982.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of full and partial scholarships awarded to children by her Department to attend Gaeltacht summer colleges each year for...
    • Arts Council
      983.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total expenditure, both capital and current, allocated to the Arts Council each year for the past five years. [33469/24]
    • National Cultural Institutions
      984.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost of extending the opening hours of national cultural institutions on days when operating to 10pm. [33471/24]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      986.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total expenditure, both current and capital, allocated to local and regional museums and galleries in State ownership each year...
    • Departmental Funding
      988.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide detail on all funding which has been allocated historically to an organisation (details supplied), by year, in tabular...
    • Film Industry
      989.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total expenditure, both capital and current, allocated to Screen Ireland each year for the past five years. [33519/24]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      990.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total expenditure, both capital and current, allocated to creative schools each year for the past five years; and the number of...
    • Departmental Funding
      995.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding drawn down to date by each of the projects respectively under the large-scale sport infrastructure fund; and...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      998.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the expenditure, both capital and current, allocated to TG4, each year, for the past five years, in tabular form. [33710/24]
    • Broadcasting Sector
      1000.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost of establishing an independent news and current affairs service within TG4, and the estimated savings resulting...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1001.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total expenditure, both capital and current, allocated to each of the National Cultural Institutions, for the past five years,...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Invasive Species Policy
      1002.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to list the initiatives and the funding spent by his Department in the past ten years to rid the country of invasive species...
    • Local Authorities
      1003.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of local property tax that is issued back to each relevant local authority, in each county [32119/24]
    • Departmental Projects
      1004.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress to date in advancing projects under the shared island initiative (details supplied). [32657/24]
    • Local Authorities
      1006.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of providing one additional procurement officer for each local authority, in tabular form. [33382/24]
    • Environmental Policy
      1007.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being taken to preserve natural habitats and biodiversity in east Cork. [33414/24]
    • Defective Building Materials
      1008.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of enhanced defective block scheme applications received from owners who purchased properties after the...
    • Land Development Agency
      1009.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total capitalisation provided to the Land Development Agency (LDA) to date; the LDA’s total borrowing capacity; his...
    • Departmental Reports
      1010.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the publication schedule for the Mulcahy report; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Schemes
      1011.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of croí cónaithe cities applications made to date; the number of approvals; the number of drawdowns; the...
    • Planning Issues
      1012.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planning applications received, by county for wind or solar farms in the past five years; the number that were...
    • Waterways Ireland
      1014.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what is done with tents removed from the canal in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30909/24]
    • Departmental Funding
      1015.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on a funding matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30921/24]
    • Housing Schemes
      1016.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount allocated to housing adaptation grants in Cork city and Cork county in 2023; and if he will make a statement...
    • Rental Sector
      1017.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of private rented accommodation inspections that were carried out by all local authorities in each month of 2024 to...
    • Housing Schemes
      1018.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing inspections that were carried out by all local authorities in each month of 2024 to date, in...
    • Waterways Ireland
      1021.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will instruct Waterways Ireland to provide water tap services, pump out machines, postal services and refuse services...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      1023.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding drawn down by each housing authority for Traveller accommodation in each of the past ten years, per...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      1026.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the work of the Approved Housing Body Classification Working Group; the number of meetings the group has had to...
    • Local Authorities
      1027.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the breakdown, by local authority of the revenue raised from commercial rates and other service charges in 2022 and...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      1028.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will ensure that there is a wildlife ranger urgently put in north Tipperary (details supplied); and if he...
    • Housing Schemes
      1029.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has had any consultations with visually impaired persons regarding the installation of heat pumps as part of...
    • Domestic Violence
      1031.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1062 of 17 January 2024, the current capital spend allocated to the construction of new...
    • Derelict Sites
      1032.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 281 of 1 February 2024, if he will provide a more recent breakdown of those sites in...
    • Fire Stations
      1033.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 12 December 2023, to provide an update on the provision of a new fire station in...
    • Postal Voting
      1034.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if postal voting will be made an option in future for people who are away on holiday at election times (details supplied)....
    • Departmental Reports
      1035.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the subject matter of departmental reports which are pending publication; and the timeline for publication of each of these...
    • Housing Provision
      1036.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on progress in respect of negotiations in respect of the proposed development at the former Irish Glass...
    • Housing Schemes
      1037.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the regeneration of all social housing flat complexes in Dublin 2, respectively. [31269/24]
    • Planning Issues
      1038.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details on how planning decisions will be made for proposed offshore wind farm schemes; if the relationship...
    • Housing Schemes
      1039.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of applicants for Rebuilding Ireland home loans and local authority home loans from Limerick; the total...
    • Vacant Properties
      1040.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has invited Limerick Council to make an application for the vacant properties (voids) programme; if such an application...
    • Departmental Data
      1041.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of mortgage-to-rent applications to date in 2024 through approved housing bodies, local authorities and Home for...
    • Vacant Sites
      1042.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount collected, by local authority, in the vacant sites levy since the levy was established, by year, in tabular...
    • Legislative Programme
      1043.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on legislative amendments to allow for the renaming of streets. [31350/24]
    • Local Authorities
      1044.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE vacant homes officers employed, by local authority, in tabular form. [31351/24]
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      1045.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of legal cases taken by his Department, or by State agencies or bodies under his Department's aegis, against...
    • Rental Sector
      1046.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government given that the Housing For All plan includes a target for rented accommodation to be inspected every four years, the number of...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      1047.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, in the context of the deaths of two young female elephants at Dublin Zoo, he will enter into discussions with Dublin Zoo,...
    • Electoral Process
      1048.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if all polling stations will be fully disability-accessible; and if not, if he will ensure that persons affected are given an...
    • Planning Issues
      1049.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the provision that has been extended by statutory instrument to permit the construction of designated accommodation centres to...
    • Wildlife Regulations
      1050.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on a matter (details supplied). [31451/24]
    • Wastewater Treatment
      1059.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an overview of works planned to address wastewater sewage deficiencies in Ardnacrusha, County Clare; when...
    • Post Office Network
      1060.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will examine a pilot project where local authority payments could be paid via a local post office. [31491/24]
    • Housing Schemes
      1066.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the case will be examined for extending the croí cónaithe scheme work completion deadline, beyond the current 13...
    • Electoral Process
      1070.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of people, who are 18 and over, not registered to vote, per county, in tabular form. [31601/24]
    • Housing Schemes
      1071.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the housing adaptation grants for older people and people with a disability through the HGD, HOP and MAG will be increased...
    • Legislative Process
      1072.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the timeline for the passage of the Planning and Development Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Water Services
      1073.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the alternative solutions available to a group water scheme (details supplied) if it does not fit the criteria for funding...
    • Defective Building Materials
      1074.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the serious financial impact the changes made to the enhanced home energy upgrade grant recently announced...
    • Fire Safety
      1075.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of owner management companies currently in stage 3 of the interim remediation scheme for fire safety defects...
    • Housing Schemes
      1076.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current limit of equity that can be provided under the affordable purchase scheme, both in cash terms per unit and as a...
    • Local Area Plans
      1077.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being taken to build communities where construction is underway by local authorities under Housing for All. [31885/24]
    • Planning Issues
      1078.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of any engagement with An Bord Pleanála regarding bike storage proposals in front of homes. [31892/24]
    • Housing Policy
      1079.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department, or Kerry County Council, have engaged either of two companies (details supplied) regarding the purchase and...
    • Housing Schemes
      1080.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a valuation ceiling on 'cost-rental tenant-in-situ', and how it is calculated; and if there are any other options...
    • Water Services
      1081.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the full cost to the Exchequer of the development levy and water connection waiver in 2023; and the estimated full cost of the...
    • Invasive Species Policy
      1082.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action that has been taken by his Department to limit the spread of the invasive species rhododendron in Ireland given the...
    • Housing Provision
      1085.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units delivered in County Galway, broken down by social and affordable housing units on a yearly basis...
    • Housing Schemes
      1087.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total funding provided for HAP supports in County Galway, broken down for each municipal area since 2020, in tabular form;...
    • Water Services
      1088.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will review the level of subsidies paid to rural group water schemes; if he plans to increase the subsidy to take into...
    • Heritage Council
      1089.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current and capital funding allocated to the Heritage Council in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [32069/24]
    • Urban Development
      1090.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects the next call for the urban regeneration and development fund will be made; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Local Authorities
      1092.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the direct State funding other than the local property tax which each local authority received for each of the past ten years;...
    • Water Services
      1093.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to approve and roll out the Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Authorities
      1094.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date his Department received a request from Westmeath County Council for approval of an extension greater than...
    • Housing Policy
      1096.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures his Department is taking to ensure affordable housing is provided in Cavan and Monaghan. [32172/24]
    • Local Authorities
      1097.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the extension of the local authority home loan to include derelict properties; and when this scheme will be open...
    • Register of Electors
      1098.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the register of electors is regularly checked against a register of deaths; and if not, the work his Department is...
    • Housing Policy
      1099.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to strengthen and reform the powers available to local authorities to tackle the housing crisis at...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1105.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an urgent review can be conducted of the differential rent scheme nationwide. [32434/24]
    • Housing Schemes
      1106.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an urgent review can be conducted of the administration of the HAP nationwide; and his views on whether the scheme is still...
    • Housing Provision
      1109.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide year-to-date housing supply figures for County Westmeath under various categories (details supplied), in...
    • Housing Policy
      1110.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will launch and oversee an audit of mould in public housing and in accommodation leased by the State or paid for through...
    • Housing Provision
      1111.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of acquiring 1, 2, 3 and 4-bed homes, per unit in Dublin under the various different acquisitions programmes...
    • Housing Policy
      1118.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated full year cost to the Exchequer of increasing income limits for social housing by 20%; and if he will make a...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      1119.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated full year cost of providing enough women’s refuge places to bring Ireland in line with our commitments...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      1121.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated full-year cost of providing emergency accommodation for homeless people in 2025; and if he will make a statement...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      1123.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the full year cost of doubling Traveller specific accommodation capacity. [32507/24]
    • Traveller Community
      1124.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated full year cost of establishing a Traveller ombudsman. [32508/24]
    • Housing Schemes
      1125.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated full year cost of increasing HAP limits to the average cost of rents in each area; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authorities
      1126.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated full cost of retrofitting all local authority owned homes by 2030 and the estimated average cost per home in...
    • Derelict Sites
      1127.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expected revenue yield from an increase in the derelict site levy to 20% in a full year; and if he will make a statement...
    • Defective Building Materials
      1130.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of 100% redress for mica affected homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32515/24]
    • Local Authorities
      1134.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding sought and awarded to Wicklow County Council for retrofitting works for local authority homes for 2023...
    • Housing Policy
      1135.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends on reviewing and making changes to the social housing income thresholds; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Schemes
      1137.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects HAP rates to be reviewed, given the ever-increasing rise in private rentals, even where rent pressure zones...
    • Housing Provision
      1138.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of people on the social housing lists in counties Louth and Meath. [32735/24]
    • Departmental Data
      1139.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of people who are homeless in counties Louth and Meath, respectively. [32737/24]
    • Water Quality
      1141.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the work being undertaken by his Department to improve bathing water quality. [32798/24]
    • Building Regulations
      1142.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the requirements currently in place for developers to ensure accessible footpaths are provided. [32805/24]
    • Vacant Properties
      1143.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant properties in each county; the number owned by the State; and the number in private ownership, in tabular...
    • Housing Schemes
      1146.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current total number of HAP tenancies as of the end of June 2024; an up-to-date breakdown of that number, by local...
    • Departmental Data
      1147.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the budget for housing adaptation grants in 2024; the budget for every year since 2016; the number of individual homes...
    • Rental Sector
      1148.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the regulations that are currently in place to protect tenants, including local authority tenants, from living in a property...
    • Housing Policy
      1149.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authority properties require occupational therapists to review properties before they are assigned to tenants with...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      1151.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the progress made since the announcement of the inclusion of Broadford and Cooraclare for wastewater...
    • Housing Schemes
      1152.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made on the tenant incremental purchase scheme as operated by Clare County Council since its implementation; and...
    • Local Authorities
      1154.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses that have been allocated to local authorities under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000; and...
    • Departmental Projects
      1155.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total funding provided to date by his Department and through other Departments and agencies towards the development of a...
    • Coastal Zone Management
      1156.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a full update on each of the fifteen recommendations contained in the Interdepartmental Group on National Coastal...
    • Housing Schemes
      1159.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has reviewed why the Cois Farraige affordable housing scheme offered by Louth County Council was not...
    • Construction Industry
      1160.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an assessment has been or is being carried out on the modern methods of construction used at a housing project at Grange...
    • Housing Schemes
      1162.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the fact that new three-bed houses in Dundalk, currently as of 18 July 2024 available for sale, are all over the...
    • Housing Policy
      1164.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason retrofitting targets in Louth local authority are lower this year than last year; and if he will make a statement...
    • Housing Schemes
      1165.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of properties purchased through Louth County Council under the tenant-in-situ purchase scheme; the total...
    • Vacant Properties
      1166.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address the situation of dereliction in Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33217/24]
    • Housing Provision
      1167.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans for the Grand Canal Graving Dock site; if he will support the site being used for affordable and public housing; and...
    • Local Authorities
      1169.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of his Department’s engagement with Galway City Council with regard to the council’s plans to...
    • Housing Policy
      1172.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 75 of 30 May 2024, the details of his and his Department’s engagement with the...
    • Planning Issues
      1173.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 30 May 2024, the timeline for the publication of the draft planning guidelines...
    • Housing Schemes
      1175.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government with regard to home adaptation grants, if there are plans to include MS sufferers amongst those eligible for adaptation...
    • Planning Issues
      1177.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of An Bord Pleanála decisions that have been waiting more than 12 months; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Housing Provision
      1178.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of residential voids within social housing stock for each of the local authorities throughout the country at...
    • Commercial Rates
      1180.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the losses in rates Longford County Council suffered year-on-year upon the closure of the Lanesborough power station; and if...
    • Local Authorities
      1181.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when local authorities will be permitted to enter new rental accommodation scheme contracts; and if he will make a statement...
    • Rental Sector
      1183.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the precarious situation of many renters in the State who live with their landlord and are not legally...
    • Planning Issues
      1185.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of comments made (details supplied) about the regularisation of all unauthorised developments, and of plans to...
    • Housing Policy
      1187.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the full-year cost to increase the house building targets to 56,000 per annum, in line with the recommendations from the...
    • Local Authorities
      1190.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the full details of the different streams of funding for local authorities and the areas in which this money can be spent; and...
    • Housing Provision
      1195.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider a fund for local authorities to draw down funding to complete housing estates after a certain period of...
    • Housing Schemes
      1197.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social homes sold through the tenant purchase scheme since 2020, broken down by quarter and by local authority;...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      1198.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on Ireland’s progress with the directive (details supplied); the funding he is identifying to...
    • Departmental Staff
      1200.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost for hiring a full-time professional archaeologist. [33524/24]
    • Housing Provision
      1202.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average length of time spent on the social housing list in County Cavan and County Monaghan; the plans to reduce these...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1206.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a breakdown of the total number of units retrofitted, by local authority area, for each of the past five years. [33640/24]
    • Regeneration Projects
      1208.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the progress of the regeneration of Noonan's Road and the surrounding streets. [33642/24]
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      1213.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of people who presented as homeless to Mayo County Council in 2023 and were either turned away or issued vouchers...
    • Regeneration Projects
      1215.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount of urban regeneration and development fund funding issued to Fingal County Council in relation to the Dunsink...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      1217.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide funding for Uisce éireann for the urgent progression and development of wastewater treatment plants identified...
    • Water Supply
      1220.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to engage with Uisce éireann to address the unnecessary wait for water connections; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disability Services
      1221.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current requirements for local authorities to provide in-person assistance to disabled people and older people to enable...
    • Defective Building Materials
      1222.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when an IT problem will be resolved that is preventing new applications to the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Community Employment Schemes
      1223.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he has any plans to align people seeking international protection, and people with permission to remain, with relevant...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1224.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the back-to-education allowance rates by 10%; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      1225.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection where a farmer has a second house that is leased or rented as a permanent residence to a family member, whether they are...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      1227.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing each weekly social welfare payment to meet the minimum essential standard of living, as detailed by...
    • School Meals Programme
      1229.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will include a school (details supplied) in the breakfast club programme for September 2024; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Services
      1230.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1231.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's benefit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Industrial Disputes
      1232.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the Labour Court recommendation concerning pay and conditions for an organisation (details...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1233.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance for a person (details supplied). [30941/24]
    • State Pensions
      1234.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 182 of 1 May 2024, if she would consider using the last 40 years of contributions in...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1235.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average and median length of time for a disability allowance appeal decision to be made at the Social Welfare Appeals...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1236.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if disability allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied). [30994/24]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1237.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal (details supplied); the status of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31077/24]
    • Industrial Disputes
      1238.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department has not implemented the recommendation of the Labour Court in relation to the National Advocacy...
    • State Pensions
      1239.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if pension entitlements being worked on for carers by her Department at present will be extended to long-term foster carers;...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      1240.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for aid that have been received by the State for aid in east Cork since the flooding on 18 October...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1242.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if...
    • Industrial Disputes
      1244.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the Government is failing to implement a Labour Court recommendation from last January regarding staff at the...
    • Employment Rights
      1246.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on sick leave policy affecting a staff member within her Department following a surgical procedure (details...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1247.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer’s allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1248.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a grant for hearing aids; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1249.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason, in the case when a widow and-or widower receives a State pension (contributory) and their annual tax cut off is...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1250.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the review of means testing was commenced by her Department; when the report will be finalised and published; the reason...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1251.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal by a person (details supplied) against a refusal of disability allowance; and if...
    • Departmental Data
      1252.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for an urgent needs payment in Limerick, by reason, in 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      1253.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of legal cases taken by her Department or by State agencies or bodies under her Department's aegis against another...
    • Social Welfare Code
      1254.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was charged for a transport service; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1255.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress in the determination of an application for a one-parent family payment in the case of a person (details...
    • School Meals Programme
      1257.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the schools in Cavan currently providing the hot school meals programme, in tabular form. [31405/24]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1258.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications made for invalidity pension in 2023 and to date in 2024; and the number of applications made that...
    • Departmental Budgets
      1259.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of the current budget allocation to her Department that has been spent in the first six months of 2024; and if...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1260.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a response will issue on a matter raised by a person (details supplied). [31467/24]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1262.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to applying a means test disregard on all environmental scheme payments received by farm assist claimants;...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1263.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the social welfare appeals office does not answer any of its phone lines, or answer queries by email; and if she...
    • Departmental Consultations
      1264.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the outcome of her consultation on introducing a cost of disability payment, and whether a report will be available to her on...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      1265.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of a €1 increase to the €6.30 subsidy paid as part of the wage subsidy scheme for people...
    • Departmental Data
      1266.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for a breakdown of the different subsidy rates over the past ten years for the wage subsidy scheme; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Application Forms
      1268.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department’s plans to make all paper formed social welfare forms available in public libraries for persons who...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      1269.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in 2025 if the domiciliary care allowance increased to €360 per month. [31595/24]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1271.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision is likely on a carer’s allowance application (details supplied) made on 20 May 2024; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Code
      1272.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the length of time allowable to leave the country for recipients of each form of social welfare and State pension; and...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      1273.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in 2025 if the carer's support grant is increased to €2,050. [31640/24]
    • Social Insurance
      1274.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to consider introducing a scheme of credited social insurance contributions for foster carers in this year’s Budget;...
    • Social Welfare Code
      1275.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to consider introducing auto-enrolment for the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance for children in foster care in...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      1276.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost to increase the income limit to qualify for the fuel allowance for persons aged over 70 years to...
    • Industrial Relations
      1277.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the practical steps being taken to improve the paying conditions for staff (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1278.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on domiciliary care allowance appeal submitted by a person (detail supplied); the reason for the...
    • Departmental Data
      1280.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the payment changes made to the old age contributory pension each year from 2019 and to date in 2024; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1307.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31935/24]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1308.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal will be facilitated against refusal for exceptional needs payment in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1309.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if rent or other special assistance might be payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1312.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case for an appeal on invalidity pension for a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a...
    • Social Insurance
      1313.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated yield in 2025 of a new employer’s PRSI rate of 17% on any salaries in excess of €165,000. [31984/24]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1314.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of appeals currently on hand in respect of means tested social welfare payments, in tabular form. [31985/24]
    • Departmental Data
      1315.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for a comparison of welfare rates in 2020 to 2024, by type of payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32024/24]
    • Community Welfare Services
      1317.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of vacant WTE community welfare officer posts currently by office, in tabular form. [32079/24]
    • Public Services Card
      1319.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a timeframe for the upgrade of software used to process public services cards to enable applicants to apply...
    • Industrial Relations
      1320.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions being taken on behalf of workers at an organisation (details supplied) to ensure they receive a pay agreement...
    • Departmental Data
      1321.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have availed from the extension of child benefit to those continuing secondary education but who...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1323.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current waiting time to process applications and award a carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      1324.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for a list of the supports currently available to families with the rising cost-of-living; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1325.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current waiting time to process appeal applications; the steps her Department is taking to cope with these large numbers;...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1326.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has received a reduced payment on an illness benefit claim; and if she will make a...
    • State Pensions
      1330.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the year in which application forms were introduced for the State pensions (contributory) and (non-contributory) and became...
    • Employment Rights
      1331.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the work being done to resolve the problem of bogus self-employment in the building sector; if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1332.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to further increase the income threshold for fuel allowance. [32484/24]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1333.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current average time for social welfare appeals across the various payment applications. [32485/24]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1334.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the carer's allowance payment can be urgently increased, or additional supports provided to recipients, given the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1335.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the qualification criteria for partial capacity benefit can be urgently reviewed (details supplied). [32487/24]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1336.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current processing timeframes for new applications for disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1341.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if employment under the job initiative scheme could be included as employment on the list of employment schemes which would...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1342.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for domiciliary care allowance for the mother of a young child (details supplied) who has a...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      1344.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost to increase the domiciliary care allowance by €100 per month. [32607/24]
    • Industrial Relations
      1346.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the recommendations of the Labour Court will be implemented in relation to the National Advocacy Service; if she is...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1347.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if rent supplement or other assistance is available to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      1349.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to regularly adjust welfare payments to reflect current inflation rates, in light of the severe impact of...
    • Cost of Living Issues
      1350.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way her Department measures the effectiveness of Ireland’s economic policies in improving the living standards of...
    • Departmental Strategies
      1352.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the long-term strategies that are being developed at this point to address the root causes of poverty and deprivation in...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      1353.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing all weekly social protection payments by €20 a week from 1 January 2025, or...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1354.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending eligibility for working family payment (WFP) to parents in receipt of jobseeker’s...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      1355.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the qualified child increase payment in 2025 by €6 for children aged under 12 years,...
    • Departmental Budgets
      1358.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of an additional three weeks of paid parent’s leave in 2025; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      1359.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost increasing the weekly fuel allowance weekly payment by €7 for the 2024-2025 fuel season; the...
    • Departmental Budgets
      1361.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the projected cost of providing pay related maternity benefit on the same terms as the new pay-related jobseeker’s...
    • Tax Collection
      1366.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the projected yield from every 0.1% increase in employer’s PRSI or self-employment PRSI; to provide the individual...
    • Departmental Budgets
      1367.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost in 2025 of restoring jobseeker’s allowance for under-25s to the standard adult rate; and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1368.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of providing a Christmas bonus social welfare payment on the same basis as in December 2023 this year; and...
    • Departmental Budgets
      1369.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in 2025 to provide a cost-of-disability payment of €20 per week; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Insurance
      1373.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the projected surplus (or deficit) in the social insurance fund for 2024, and each year to 2030; and if she will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      1374.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of the auto-enrolment pension scheme in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Industrial Relations
      1376.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department and its agencies are available to re-enter talks with organisations (details supplied) in order to...
    • Social Dialogue
      1377.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has communicated with the independent facilitator subsequent to the talks they chaired between organisations (details...
    • School Meals Programme
      1378.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the name and number of schools in the Mountbellew, Portumna, Tuam, Loughrea, Athenry and Oranmore municipal areas in receipt...
    • Industrial Relations
      1379.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to report on her engagements with National Advocacy Service workers in relation to their labour dispute; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Budgets
      1380.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of introducing a parental leave benefit of €300 a week paid to parents availing of...
    • School Meals Programme
      1385.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will detail for all primary schools in each of Dublin 1, Dublin 3, Dublin 7, Dublin 9 and Dublin 11, the total number...
    • Pension Provisions
      1386.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the process by which her Department contacts the British work and pensions department seeking contribution information about...
    • Departmental Consultations
      1387.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the nature and extent of engagement her Department has had with other Government agencies and departments in relation to the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1388.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the work to operationalise the recommendations in the review of the reasonable accommodation fund and the...
    • Pension Provisions
      1389.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current stage of legislation that will allow for the enactment of the recent Supreme Court decision to allow a cohabitant...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1390.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current waiting times at the Appeals Office; if additional resources will be allocated to it; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1392.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of expanding Catherine’s Law to exempt Arts Council grants and bursaries from means-testing of the...
    • Departmental Policies
      1393.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, in the interests of transparency, she will introduce call monitoring on all calls between the public and social...
    • Departmental Budgets
      1394.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of a €1 increase in each of the social insurance schemes, social assistance schemes,...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1399.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current average processing times for all social welfare payments; the number of applications received for each payment;...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1401.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of domiciliary care allowance appeals, and the number of successful appeals, over each of the past five years....
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1402.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actual number of, and the percentage of, working family payment claimants who are also claiming the one-parent family...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1404.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for a breakdown of the average wait time for a decision on an appeal, for each social welfare payment; and if she will make a...
    • Citizens Information Services
      1405.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps being taken to ensure that workers in Citizens Information companies are provided with a pay increase, given the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1406.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware of the substantial discrepancies that exist between initial applications for domiciliary care and the level...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1407.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps it is intended to take regarding the extent of the backlog in processing disability allowance claims. [33592/24]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      1408.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current number of recipients for each social welfare scheme. [33593/24]
    • Departmental Budgets
      1410.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in regard to the jobseeker’s benefit pay-related scheme, noting the revised Estimates, the full-year cost of the...
    • Employment Schemes
      1415.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of the JobPath scheme for the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. [33600/24]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1416.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of including the working family payment as a qualifying payment for fuel allowance. [33601/24]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      1419.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of social welfare recipients, by social welfare type, in 2023; and the projected number of social welfare...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1420.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the maximum weekly rates of social welfare payments by social welfare type in 2023 and to date in 2024; and the average...
    • Social Welfare Code
      1421.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost to the Exchequer of increasing maternity benefit, paternity benefit and parent’s benefit by eight...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Legal Aid
      1422.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the first- and full-year cost of legal aid payments to barristers and solicitors working for the State to pre FEMPI levels, in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1423.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 281 of 15 February 2024, when a decision will be made on the application for citizenship...
    • Visa Applications
      1424.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in the determination of an appeal for a visa in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Proposed Legislation
      1425.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when legislation to outlaw sex for rent will be in place; and to provide a timeline for its introduction. [30925/24]
    • Citizenship Applications
      1426.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1427.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 408 of 5 December 2023, the projected and actual number of Garda recruits, resignations,...
    • Family Reunification
      1429.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, in relation to the family reunion policy which is currently under review by her Department, she has plans to change the...
    • Prison Service
      1430.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the need to institute greater supports for neurodiverse persons in the prison system. [31031/24]
    • Victim Support Services
      1431.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the reason why victims of crime are not alerted to release dates of those serving custodial sentences in health...
    • Courts Service
      1432.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the mechanisms in place for complaints against judges. [31055/24]
    • Victim Support Services
      1433.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the work of the victims forum established by her Department; the number of times the forum has met; the...
    • Domestic Violence
      1435.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on her engagement with the Minister for Social Protection in respect of the need to ensure that the social...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1437.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí based in Cobh; the number of vehicles available to them; the number of community guards over five...
    • Visa Applications
      1438.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to examine a case for visa extensions (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31102/24]
    • Citizenship Applications
      1439.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on an application for citizenship in respect of a person resident in Dublin (details supplied). [31103/24]
    • An Garda Síochána
      1440.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of promotional positions within An Garda Síochána that remain vacant at present; and if she will make a...
    • Asylum Seekers
      1442.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff who have been employed by IPAS to process asylum applicants this year and for each of the past five years....
    • Immigration Policy
      1444.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Inter-Departmental Working Group examining the operational, policy and legal considerations of simplifying the process...
    • Departmental Policies
      1445.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to consider granting compensation in cases where innocent third parties have had property retained by gardaí to assist in...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1446.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a detailed update in relation to the Operation Saul; the number of Gardaí involved in this operation; the amount of...
    • Prison Service
      1450.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update in relation to the provision of additional prison spaces across the penal system; and if she will make a...
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      1453.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps her Department is taking to tackle increasing instances of anti-social behaviour by people under the age of 18 years;...
    • Courts Service
      1454.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the implementation of the 54 recommendations arising from the Report of the Judicial Planning Working Group;...
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      1457.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the work of the Anti-Social Behaviour Forum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31232/24]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      1458.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of speeding fines or penalty points issued as a result of evidence obtained by speed camera vans nationwide in each...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1460.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí who have been assaulted while on duty in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      1462.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of road traffic offences recorded by Gardaí in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, by type of...
    • Drug Dealing
      1464.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons arrested for drug offences in each county in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [31239/24]
    • An Garda Síochána
      1465.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons arrested for knife crime in each of the past ten years, in each county, in tabular form. [31240/24]
    • Domestic Violence
      1466.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times Gardaí were called to the scene of domestic violence in each of the past ten years in each county, in...
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      1467.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality amount seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB), and the monetary value of assets seized by the CAB, in each of the past ten...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1469.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of weapons seized by Gardaí in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; and the number of weapons...
    • Domestic Violence
      1471.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of available Tusla-funded domestic violence refuge beds in each county; and number of occupied Tusla-funded domestic...
    • Prison Service
      1475.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her role in the dismissal of a permanent established basic grade civil servant and prison officer from their position within...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1476.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí currently working in each of the Garda stations in Limerick, by rank, in tabular form. [31353/24]
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      1477.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of domestic abuse refuge beds in Limerick in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [31354/24]
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      1478.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of legal cases taken by her Department, or by agencies or bodies under her Department’s, aegis against...
    • Family Reunification
      1479.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the case for a join family visa permit will be examined for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Prison Service
      1480.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently in prison custody solely on trial warrant for between six and nine months and between nine and...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1481.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount that An Garda Síochána has spent on hiring out crowd control barriers in 2023 and to date in 2024, in...
    • Immigration Policy
      1484.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person, currently employed with a stamp 1 visa, can move to a different company, operating in a different field, and...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1486.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a citizenship certificate can issue following the recent attendance at a ceremony in the case of a person (details...
    • Prison Service
      1487.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a breakdown of the Irish Prison Service funding for 2023. [31485/24]
    • An Garda Síochána
      1488.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí at the end of May 2024, or the closest date possible, in tabular form. [31486/24]
    • Domestic Violence
      1490.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made on the provision of domestic violence refuges in Laois and Offaly; when work will begin on the proposed Laois...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1491.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount An Garda Síochána spent on purchasing Garda mountain bikes in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form....
    • Departmental Budgets
      1492.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the 2023 and 2024 budget allocations for the Data Protection Commission, in tabular form. [31592/24]
    • An Garda Síochána
      1493.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people who made reports to the Garda in regard to sexual assault or violent assault; the number who withdrew from...
    • Policing Authority
      1495.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received the report from the Policing Authority on Garda public order training; and, if so, will this report be...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1496.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No.244 of 18 June 2024, if she has received the necessary information. [31634/24]
    • Official Engagements
      1497.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has spoken with the new UK Home Secretary. [31635/24]
    • An Garda Síochána
      1498.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on Garda Operation Fern; the number of persons successfully prosecuted under this operation; and if this...
    • Crime Prevention
      1499.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No.242 of 18 June 2024, if she has received the necessary information. [31637/24]
    • Sentencing Policy
      1500.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a timeline for the publication of clear sentencing guidelines by the Judicial Council; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Probate Applications
      1501.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current plans for reform of the probate system, in particular for any transition to an online system, as well as the...
    • State Bodies
      1502.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to report on the delays in establishing the Mediation Council. [31671/24]
    • Victim Support Services
      1503.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to consider legislative reform to entitle a victim of crime to information where a perpetrator is detained in the Central...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1505.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of indoor and outdoor firearm shooting ranges, excluding shooting ranges owned by the Defence Forces, that armed...
    • Judicial Reviews
      1507.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on her Department’s review of the use of the judicial review mechanism in the Irish jurisdiction; the...
    • Mental Health Services
      1508.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the roll-out of the mental health crisis de-escalation team in Limerick; the reasons for the delays; and if...
    • Visa Applications
      1509.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31715/24]
    • Dual Citizenship
      1510.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person can hold dual Irish and American citizenship; if not, if one has to be renounced; and if she will make a statement...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1511.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a citizenship application (details supplied) will be completed, given that it is 21 months since the application was first...
    • Protected Disclosures
      1512.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to and if she has been appraised of the provisions and sections of the Protected Disclosures...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      1514.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons enrolled on community return schemes, by gender, over the past five years to date 2024, in tabular form;...
    • Residency Permits
      1516.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to regularise the residency of a spouse and children in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Immigration Status
      1518.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the regularisation status of a leave to remain-stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      1519.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a naturalisation application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Immigration Status
      1520.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an extension of permission to stay can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      1521.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the outcome of the appeal of a decision to refuse a join family visa in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • International Protection
      1522.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 455 of 8 May 2024, if he will consider a scheme that would assist those Palestinians who...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1524.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a new An Garda Síochána recruitment campaign will be launched before the end of 2024; and the number of applicants...
    • Legislative Measures
      1525.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will update legislation in terms of vulture fund repossession of homes and, more immediately, order a complete cessation...
    • Visa Applications
      1526.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an urgent appeal for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [32000/24]
    • An Garda Síochána
      1527.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí appointed to Galway since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32026/24]
    • Asylum Applications
      1533.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a decision refusing asylum to a family (details supplied) will be reviewed. [32093/24]
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      1534.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department is on track to provide a refuge in every county over the lifetime of the current zero-tolerance strategy....
    • An Garda Síochána
      1535.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have resigned from the force in the past five years; what divisions they left; and if she will...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      1538.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the progress in establishing a refuge for victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence in Cavan and...
    • Legal Aid
      1539.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a review of the free legal aid system is being conducted; the status of this review; if a cap is being examined for the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1540.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí specifically allocated to the drugs unit in the Cavan-Monaghan Garda division; and if she will make a...
    • International Protection
      1543.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of temporary protection certificates that have been voluntarily terminated by people living here under the temporary...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1545.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 284 of 25 June 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda...
    • Prison Service
      1546.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a new recruitment campaign for prison officers will be launched before the end of the year; and if she will make a statement...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1547.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 280 of 25 June 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda...
    • Visa Applications
      1557.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a visa to visit family; the reason this is happening on a disproportionate...
    • Asylum Seekers
      1558.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a feasibility study has been carried out in relation to the possibility that asylum applicants who fail in their initial...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1560.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in Westmeath, in tabular form. [32454/24]
    • Prison Service
      1562.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has any plans for an additional prison. [32459/24]
    • An Garda Síochána
      1563.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality he number of Garda vehicles, by type and function, assigned to Wicklow for the past five years, in tabular form; and if she...
    • Crime Prevention
      1570.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community safety audits that have been carried out in Wicklow in the past five years, in tabular form; and if she...
    • International Protection
      1571.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will expedite an international protection application for a person (details supplied) given the...
    • Peace Commissioners
      1572.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of peace commissioners registered in County Wicklow; if she will provide a list of names and contact details for...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1573.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of attempted murder incidents reported to gardaí within C district of the Dublin metropolitan region in 2023...
    • Family Reunification
      1576.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on an appeal for family reunification visa for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Legislative Programme
      1577.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any plans to publish and enact the Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2024. [32702/24]
    • Immigration Policy
      1578.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the recent engagement her Department has had with the EU regarding migration in Europe; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1580.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have resigned or retired from individual Garda stations within the Galway Garda division from...
    • Gambling Sector
      1581.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she would consider regulation around the prevalence of online advertising for gambling; and if she has engaged with social...
    • International Protection
      1582.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline in detail the changes made in the past six months to the process for people seeking international protection. [32921/24]
    • Deportation Orders
      1583.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportations every year since 2020, in tabular form. [32922/24]
    • International Protection
      1584.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for international protection processed every year since 2020 and the decisions made, that is, the...
    • Community Development Projects
      1587.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider a further extension for the Drogheda implementation board; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      1588.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional funding her Department requires in 2025 to recruit 800 additional Garda trainees; to confirm if her Department...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1590.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the projected cost of every 10 additional community gardaí; the cost of each additional dedicated community sergeant; the...
    • Legal Aid
      1591.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the projected cost of providing a 10% increase in 2025 of criminal legal aid fees; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Reviews
      1592.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 29 of 20 June 2024, the status of the independent review of Part 4 of the Criminal Law...
    • Court Judgments
      1593.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of charges and convictions, by year, under Part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 since the...
    • Domestic Violence
      1594.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the implementation of the Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence, and, in...
    • Visa Applications
      1596.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if join family visa applications will be prioritised particularly for applicants whose family members are employed here as key...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1597.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans to cut the current citizenship application processing times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33224/24]
    • Probate Applications
      1598.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the lengthy processing times for grants of probate at probate offices around the State; the plans to speed...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1599.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the progress of establishing community policing partnerships; and if she will make a statement...
    • Domestic Violence
      1600.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made on the provision of a domestic violence refuge in Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Citizenship Applications
      1601.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to address the delay in issuing citizenship certificates following ceremonies for successful applicants (details supplied); and...
    • Victim Support Services
      1602.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures in place to support victims of a crime after conviction, in particular allowing victims to prepare accordingly by...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1603.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed in County Cork, by station and role, in tabular form. [33507/24]
    • Departmental Data
      1607.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of burglaries reported in County Tipperary in 2023 and to date in 2024, with a breakdown of geographical area where...
    • Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
      1609.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality cé na céimeanna atá á nglacadh le déanamh cinnte go bhfuil dóthain Breitheamh den Chúirt...
    • Judicial Appointments
      1610.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of District Court judges at present, broken down by gender; the steps being taken to ensure gender balance in the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Animal Welfare
      1612.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how a person who has concerns regarding animal-bird welfare could go about setting up a meeting with a relevant official with a view...
    • Forestry Sector
      1613.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of changes of ownership from private farmer to commercial forester after a licence has been awarded to plant forestry for...
    • Agriculture Supports
      1614.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on an ACRES application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31009/24]
    • Environmental Policy
      1615.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can confirm that participation in the Nature Restoration Law will be voluntary for farmers, and, most especially, those farming...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1617.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine an application for the fodder support scheme (details supplied). [31080/24]
    • Animal Welfare
      1618.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason no actions were taken in relation to repeated reports of animal cruelty at a plant (details supplied); if the owner was...
    • Export Controls
      1619.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the intended destination of a shipment (details supplied); if it is headed to Israel, the reason he has authorised a shipment to a...
    • Food Industry
      1620.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has analysed the increased cost of food production in Ireland over the past five years; and, if so, the details of these cost...
    • Agricultural Colleges
      1621.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who attained a green certificate qualification in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [31156/24]
    • Animal Welfare
      1622.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a proposed investigation task force (details supplied). [31191/24]
    • Agriculture Supports
      1623.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure a beef data geonomics payment is paid in full to an applicant (details supplied). [31193/24]
    • Forestry Sector
      1625.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration is given to allowing tree felling licence applicants to alter the conditions of their application, if after tree...
    • Agriculture Supports
      1626.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will bring forward the payment date for the areas of natural constraint scheme in light of the cash flow challenges faced by...
    • Fishing Industry
      1627.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the moneys spent and allocated to the fishing industry and the associated fisheries representative agencies, such as the Sea...
    • Agriculture Supports
      1629.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of an issue in relation to an overpayment to farmers on ACRES and the consequences as a result of same (details...
    • Control of Horses
      1630.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided to Limerick City and County Council for the control of horses in each of the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      1632.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of legal cases taken by his Department, or by agencies or bodies under his Department’s aegis, against another...
    • Animal Breeding
      1633.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the valuation Teagasc and an organisation (details supplied) use for progeny of suckler cows when evaluating stars and indexes of...
    • Marine Institute
      1634.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a full breakdown of the annual budget for the Marine Institute for each of the years 2020 to 2024, inclusive; and if he...
    • Fodder Crisis
      1636.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is considering introducing a fodder production incentive scheme, similar to the one introduced in 2018, to encourage and...
    • Animal Sales
      1638.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animals that moved through a dealer number in 2023; the number of cattle that moved through an agent number in 2023, in...
    • Animal Diseases
      1639.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of herds currently restricted that have an animal in their herd that previously moved through a dealer or agent; and if he...
    • Departmental Budgets
      1640.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding available from his Department for urban horse projects in 2024; how urban horse projects that are not funded this year...
    • Animal Passports
      1641.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of pet passports that were issued by his Department in 2023 and to date in 2024; and the average processing time for his...
    • EU Meetings
      1642.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the bilateral meetings he has had with his EU counterparts since 1 January 2023, in tabular form. [31686/24]
    • Animal Welfare
      1643.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on his Department’s investigation of animal welfare issues and the mistreatment of animals by an...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      1644.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to safety concerns relating to a small number of installations of solar photovoltaic panels on roofs...
    • Agriculture Industry
      1645.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the refusal of a herd number for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31875/24]
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      1646.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of Ireland’s Common Agricultural Plan budget spent on ICT systems administration, including the percentage and...
    • Food Industry
      1648.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding the Unfair Trading Practices Office, the number of recommendations made and outstanding before the Agri-Food Regulator...
    • Farmers Charter
      1649.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an organisation (details supplied) is not invited to forums such as farmers charter meetings; and if he will make a...
    • Disease Management
      1654.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans to relinquish the protected zone status with respect to fireblight disease (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Animal Welfare
      1657.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of the investigations his Department is conducting regarding recent revelations covered in an RTé programme...
    • Export Controls
      1658.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason unweaned calves were authorised for export to Libya (details supplied). [31968/24]
    • Disease Management
      1659.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to list the initiatives and the funding spent by his Department in the past ten years to rid the country of noxious species of...
    • Forestry Sector
      1660.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided through Coillte for all scale of works and projects in County Galway since 2020, broken down by location, types...
    • Disease Management
      1661.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans for a compensation scheme for farmers or landowners, not involved in forestry, to remove ash trees growing on...
    • Departmental Staff
      1663.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE district superintendents employed within his Department in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [32076/24]
    • Nitrates Usage
      1664.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the recent engagements he and his Department have had with the EU regarding the nitrates derogation; and if he...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      1665.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 59 of 13 June 2024, if he will provide an update on the engagements his Department has had with...
    • Departmental Bodies
      1666.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to resource the Agricultural Appeals Review Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32107/24]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1667.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline any plans there are to streamline ACRES; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32108/24]
    • Environmental Investigations
      1668.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress being made to find suitable replacements for potato desiccants such as diquat; the results to date as to their...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      1669.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress being made to provide a ready-made scheme for farmers affected by, and whose farms and land are affected by, flooding...
    • Animal Welfare
      1670.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can confirm that there is no animal welfare investigation by his Department or the Attorney General into a company (details...
    • Forestry Sector
      1671.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an issue regarding felling licence conditions (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Animal Welfare
      1672.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is currently conducting its own animal welfare investigation into a facility (details supplied) and its surrounds,...
    • Legislative Measures
      1674.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to clarify the proposed veterinary medicine statutory instrument (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      1678.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the documented Gortandarragh limestone pavement special area of conservation (SAC) commonage is being assessed differently...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1679.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure the straw incorporation measure is maintained in its current form given many farmers are already contracted to this...
    • Animal Diseases
      1683.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of herds currently restricted with TB, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32650/24]
    • Pigmeat Sector
      1685.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the pigmeat sector is adequately supported in a highly competitive environment; and if he will make a statement...
    • Statutory Instruments
      1686.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his response to a matter concerning a proposed statutory instrument (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Veterinary Services
      1687.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to report on his meetings with organisations (details supplied); and the measures his Department is taking to alleviate the...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      1691.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on any planned works to Castletownbere port; and the estimated cost and timeline of any such works. [32821/24]
    • Animal Welfare
      1692.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department's full animal welfare investigation is already ongoing and-or will run in tandem with a Garda investigation...
    • Live Exports
      1695.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will end the extreme and unnecessary practice of live exports of animals, and in particular young calves; and if he will make...
    • Animal Welfare
      1699.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will ban all blood sports in the State, including hare coursing, stag and fox hunting; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Supports
      1701.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to estimate the full-year cost of paying small farmers with an annual farm income of €20,000 or less a basic income payment of...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1702.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of a dairy herd reduction and compensation scheme equivalent to a 10% reduction in the overall size of the...
    • Nitrates Usage
      1703.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated annual value to farmers of the nitrates derogation. [32957/24]
    • Agriculture Industry
      1704.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farms that now use low-emission slurry spreading; if he intends to make it the only allowable option; and if he will...
    • Nitrates Usage
      1705.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he intends to take to increase the use of protected urea; the impact of making it the only allowable fertiliser option;...
    • Agriculture Supports
      1708.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures in place to support the horticulture and tillage sectors, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Fishing Industry
      1709.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the national fishing fleet quota in the years 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023, respectively; the projected quota for 2024; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1710.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the ACRES co-operation scheme score cards will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33171/24]
    • Fishing Industry
      1711.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to respond to the concerns and queries raised in respect of the difficulties arising from the harvesting of cockles in the Togher,...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1712.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the Agri online account of a farmer (details supplied) is showing a minus €5,000 in respect of the ACRES; and if he...
    • Animal Welfare
      1713.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an investigation into animal welfare breaches can be included in an ongoing investigation into a matter (details supplied), given...
    • Fisheries Protection
      1714.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 13 June 2024, the status of plans for the introduction of measures to protect the sprat...
    • Tillage Sector
      1716.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his reasons for seeking a deferral of the straw incorporation measure for 2024; the impact this will have on tillage farmers; and if...
    • Aquaculture Industry
      1717.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had any talks with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment with a view to introducing increased cost-of-business...
    • Veterinary Services
      1718.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a risk analysis has been conducted to ensure that moving certain veterinary medication to non-prescription will not result in an...
    • Tillage Sector
      1719.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he engaged with tillage farmers prior to his decision to suspend the straw incorporation measure this year; and whether his...
    • Forestry Sector
      1720.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of trees planted, per year, by species and county, from 2018 to date, in tabular form. [33496/24]
    • Fishing Industry
      1723.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress on the ban on pair trawling for 18 m-plus within the six-nautical-mile limit; and when this ban is expected to come into...
    • Tillage Sector
      1725.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department is taking to ensure that the percentage of land used for tillage farming is increased, and to ensure...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1728.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the straw chopping scheme, if he will close the scheme and if he has evaluated the effect a closure of the scheme may...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Ombudsman for Children
      1729.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the additional cost of funding required to enable the Children's Ombudsman to fulfil its remit in the new...
    • Disability Services
      1730.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding has been released to support the pay increase for all section 39 workers agreed last year; and if...
    • School Transport
      1731.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to facilitate school transport for a person (details supplied). [33752/24]
    • Parental Leave
      1732.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a policy matter raised by a person (details supplied) to extend the allowable time for parental...
    • Direct Provision System
      1733.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of adults and children who have received their leave to remain but continue to reside in direct...
    • International Protection
      1734.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current status of a property (details supplied); whether his Department received an expression of interest...
    • Disability Services
      1735.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the Government's plans to transfer therapists from HSE settings to special schools, given the...
    • Ukraine War
      1736.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason beneficiaries of temporary protection fleeing the war in Ukraine were moved from a facility (details...
    • International Protection
      1737.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if parents with children will be given the same exemption to eviction from IPAS centres which was given those...
    • Domestic Violence
      1738.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times Tusla used its statutory powers to apply to the courts for barring orders on behalf of women...
    • International Protection
      1739.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total amount paid to each accommodation provider within the IPAS system from January 2021 to end-2023 and to...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1742.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cost of implementing new pay scales in the early years sector, following implementation of the new core...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      1743.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has plans for a site (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31040/24]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1744.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that parents should take in order to apply for a refund of private assessment fees paid, to avoid the...
    • Youth Services
      1745.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the UBU Your Place Your Space panel, which has not been opened for submissions since 2021, will be opened...
    • International Protection
      1747.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of beds currently contracted by his Department to accommodate IPAS applicants; the number that have...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      1749.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of special emergency accommodation companies that have been set up, or contracted, by Tusla in...
    • Asylum Applications
      1750.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unaccompanied minors or separated children currently seeking asylum in the State; and the types of...
    • Mortality Rates
      1751.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a differential in mortality rates between infants in direct provision and...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      1752.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications received to date under the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; the number of...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1753.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 570 of 1 February 2022, the number of children referred to Tusla in 2023;...
    • Disability Services
      1755.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will reassess the closure of a facility (details supplied) in Navan; if this will put significant pressure...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      1756.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1757.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31249/24]
    • Nursing Homes
      1758.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of men under the age of 65 years living in nursing homes; the number of women under the age of 65...
    • Childcare Services
      1759.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the availability of childcare...
    • Freedom of Information
      1760.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 639 of 11 June 2024, when the outcome of the internal review will be...
    • Youth Services
      1761.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will support a request by an organisation (details supplied) for additional funding for the youth sector...
    • Child Care Law Reporting Project
      1762.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the expiration of the contract for the Child Law Project; if a tender process will open for the...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      1763.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of legal cases taken by his Department, or by agencies or bodies under his Department’s,...
    • Disability Services
      1764.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can advise a person (details supplied) of the day services available in their area, as they have lost both...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      1765.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to provide accommodation for asylum seekers in order that they are not forced to sleep...
    • Childcare Services
      1766.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost in 2025 of increasing wages for all childcare workers by €1 per hour, via a public...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1767.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he retains a contract with the operators of a hotel (details supplied); and the date on which the contract is...
    • International Protection
      1768.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that nine tents were pitched in the bushes on the corner of the Saggart Luas stop; the steps his...
    • Childcare Services
      1769.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to childcare; and if he will...
    • Mental Health Services
      1770.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current funding allocation provided by TUSLA for therapeutic mental health interventions and supports for...
    • Children in Care
      1772.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will propose to fund a comprehensive suite of supports for foster carers, as agreed in 2023, in the Budget...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1773.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount by which he plans to increase funding to Tusla - Child and Family Agency to provide a universal start...
    • Social Welfare Code
      1774.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will engage with the Minister for Social Protection to facilitate auto-enrolment for children in foster...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1775.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will increase funding to Tusla - Child and Family Agency to reduce the current excess...
    • Children in Care
      1777.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine a proposal to identify and fund the most accessible and expedient interdepartmental mechanism...
    • International Protection
      1778.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has received a submission regarding the very short notice given to parents and children in international...
    • Childcare Services
      1779.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a community childcare facility (details supplied) has been approved support under the equal start programme;...
    • Disability Services
      1780.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made in respite services since 1 January 2022; the additional funding provided in successive...
    • Home Care Packages
      1781.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the current home care package for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can be increased to include...
    • Equality Issues
      1782.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth , further to Parliamentary Question No. 551 of 23 April, when he will publish his Department’s...
    • EU Directives
      1783.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the progress he has made to date in transposing the pay transparency directive into Irish law; and if...
    • Departmental Policies
      1784.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider developing a scheme to recognise and cover foster placement start-up costs; and if he will...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1786.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider providing funding for the expansion of the Tusla – Child and Family Agency regional...
    • Disability Services
      1787.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full-year cost of providing 400 additional adult day service places. [31691/24]
    • International Protection
      1789.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department plans to use a property (details supplied); and if this property is planned for use for the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1790.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if documents (details supplied) will be reviewed; if contracts can be renewed for this property; if his...
    • Maternity Leave
      1791.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions taken to progress his proposal to allow maternity leave to be postponed for people diagnosed with...
    • Mental Health Services
      1792.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the projected timeline for a hub for children and a hub for older people at St. Otteran's Hospital, including...
    • Education and Training Boards
      1793.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth , further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 20 June, the timeline for completion of a review of the UBU Your...
    • International Protection
      1794.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth , further to Parliamentary Question No. 316 of 11 July, to specify the resources, processes and services...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1795.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian accommodation contracts that have been cancelled due to overcharging, compliance...
    • Childcare Services
      1796.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the status of a childcare service will be reviewed (details supplied) under the equal start programme to...
    • International Protection
      1797.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can revise the decision to relocate a family (details supplied) who have settled in an area and started a...
    • Disability Services
      1798.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if grant funding will be extended to a children’s service (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      1799.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of new ASD diagnostic teams that have been developed within the State; the details of those teams;...
    • Disability Services
      1800.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures being taken to address serious concerns raised by parent representatives (details supplied); and if...
    • Local Authorities
      1801.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding provided to Galway County Council each year since 2020 for the play and recreation capital funding...
    • Disability Services
      1803.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 510 of 14 May 2024, if he will provide an update on the existing staff, by...
    • Family Resource Centres
      1804.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full year cost of increasing funding by 15% nationwide to family resource centres. [32075/24]
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      1805.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a response did not issue to two queries on an application which comes under his remit (details...
    • Ukraine War
      1806.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can provide clarity on the operational arrangements giving effect to the changes for Ukrainian refugees,...
    • Health Services
      1807.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on waiting lists for occupational therapy in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Funding
      1808.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a building block application will be reviewed (details supplied); the reason this application was not...
    • Health Services
      1809.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a child (details supplied) is waiting on speech and language therapy; and if he will make a statement...
    • Disability Services
      1810.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of hydrotherapy at Enable Ireland in Cavan; if is operational; when it became operational; how...
    • Nursing Homes
      1812.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details on the current number of individuals under 65 years residing in nursing homes; the total...
    • Disability Services
      1813.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of disabled persons who are in receipt of intensive support packages currently; the number of people...
    • Departmental Policies
      1814.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the progress made by working groups on personal assistance and home support to define personal...
    • Disability Services
      1815.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the progress made in addressing the action under the Action Plan for Disability Services...
    • Home Care Packages
      1817.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the number of personal assistance hours and home support hours being provided; the number of...
    • Youth Services
      1824.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of implementing a 12% increase across the board for youth funding schemes; and if he will...
    • Direct Provision System
      1826.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will permit a person (details supplied) to leave a direct provision centre and receive the weekly unhoused...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1827.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Services
      1828.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to allow parents whose children are on long waiting lists for essential therapies to be reimbursed...
    • International Protection
      1830.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a relocation order for a family (details supplied) will be re-examined; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1831.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children waiting for an assessment of need in each of the CHO areas of Cork city and county for...
    • International Protection
      1832.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times staff from his Department, or any other Government Department, have consulted in person with...
    • Youth Services
      1842.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans in his Department, including Budget 2025 plans, for an assessment of the funding of youthwork...
    • Departmental Policies
      1843.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the ongoing research and planning being carried out under the recently signed World Health Organisation...
    • Disability Services
      1844.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the progress of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • International Protection
      1845.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress being made to move away from privately-owned accommodation provision for international protection...
    • Disability Services
      1846.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans for assessing the best means of carrying out assessments of needs and therapies provision for those...
    • Childcare Services
      1848.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will commit to providing increased levels of funding to early childcare providers in Budget 2025. [32420/24]
    • Immigration Policy
      1849.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if research has been conducted on the effect of Government immigration policy on the increase in racism...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1850.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of autism assessment waiting times in CHO 8. [32448/24]
    • Childcare Services
      1851.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an urgent review can be conducted of funding for community childcare. [32480/24]
    • Disability Services
      1852.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications received in 2023 and to date in 2024 for respite care; the number of people currently...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1854.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children awaiting an assessment of need for autism in County Wicklow through the children's...
    • Childcare Services
      1856.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will commit to improving and expanding access to childcare in Shannon town, County Clare (details...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1857.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the case of a person (details suppled) who, having been referred for an assessment of needs...
    • Disability Services
      1858.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review an article (details supplied); to provide an update on the location and site, plans and...
    • Childcare Services
      1859.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures his Department will be undertaking to assist with childcare costs for working families; and if he...
    • Disability Services
      1860.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on a new facility for day services and a new building to locate same (details supplied) in...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1861.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 9 May 2024, to review a response issued to the PQ; if he will...
    • Disability Services
      1862.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the case of an individual (details supplied); if he will intervene to ensure the person can...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1863.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason TUSLA’s method of data collation has made it almost impossible to access documents under the...
    • International Protection
      1864.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a full list of the number of beds available for accommodating both Ukrainian refugees and...
    • Health Service Executive
      1865.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update from the HSE estate management team on their site visit (details supplied). [32648/24]
    • Home Care Packages
      1866.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons with disabilities in 2024 that are in receipt of home-support hours in each LHO area; the...
    • International Protection
      1868.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of beds currently available in the IPAS system. [32694/24]
    • Youth Services
      1869.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason despite an 11.1% funding shortfall being identified for independent Dublin youth projects, there has...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1872.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the evidence base the Government uses to support privatisation in the early education sector, given the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1875.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the budget submission made by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services
      1876.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the respite facility for people with intellectual disabilities in Listowel, County Kerry is closed;...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1882.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a breakdown of the staff numbers and grade of CDNTs nationally, in the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in...
    • Disability Services
      1883.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the staff vacancy rate for CDNTs currently in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon and Donegal, and nationally;...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1884.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has received correspondence (details supplied); and if he will address the issues raised. [32777/24]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1885.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early years learning providers that have exited core funding to date in 2024; and the associated...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1886.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of families that have received reimbursements for private autism assessments for the past five years,...
    • Childcare Services
      1887.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers in Cork, by local area, from 2019 to date, in tabular form. [32790/24]
    • Disability Services
      1890.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the provision of respite care in Cork; and the details of the current waiting list for respite...
    • School Discipline
      1893.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has engaged with disability groups in regard to concerns about a lack of consideration towards disabled...
    • Departmental Policies
      1895.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he would consider the establishment of a national advocacy service for children with disabilities; and if he...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1896.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the need of many childcare workers to sign on to social welfare supports over...
    • Disability Services
      1897.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update of the current staffing rate in each CDNT. [32829/24]
    • International Protection
      1902.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount his Department has spent each year since 2020 on housing international protection applicants, broken...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1908.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in the CHO7 area awaiting an assessment of needs, by category of assessment, in tabular...
    • Disability Services
      1909.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in the CHO7 area currently waiting to access therapies by the CDNT, by category of...
    • Family Resource Centres
      1911.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will commit to core funding of €240,000 for all 121 family resource centres, totalling €8...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1913.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the fact that early childhood care education learning educators are unhappy with the lack of...
    • Departmental Data
      1914.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the lack of data being collated by his Department in respect of children in special schools, and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      1915.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the need will be addressed for a six-year plan to build more inclusive schools by 2030 and have sufficient...
    • Disability Services
      1917.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number attending disability day centres for persons with disabilities, by county, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      1920.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 47 of 18 June 2024, if the negotiation process between the expert...
    • Youth Services
      1922.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will give further consideration to the representations outlined by an organisation (details supplied); and...
    • Asylum Seekers
      1923.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an assurance can be provided that every person has an offer of safe accommodation, in light of the increasing...
    • International Protection
      1925.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the criteria applied by his Department when selecting possible locations for the placement of international...
    • Disability Services
      1929.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the resignation of two disability campaigners from the national steering group set up to shape the...
    • Children in Care
      1933.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1715, 1716 and 1744 of 26 July 2022, if he will detail the names and...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1934.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in the State currently awaiting an assessment of needs; the number waiting less than...
    • Disability Services
      1936.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in the State currently awaiting a CDNT speech and language appointment; the number...
    • Home Care Packages
      1942.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people waiting for homecare support in County Cavan and County Monaghan; the total number of hours...
    • Childcare Services
      1944.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the consideration by Pobal of a funding request by Northside Community Enterprise to reopen a...
    • International Protection
      1945.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the expenditure pre-committed to by his Department for international protection and temporary protection related...
    • Disability Services
      1950.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on funding available to charities for the construction of purpose-built adult disability...
  • Department of Health
    • Primary Care Services
      1952.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the primary care autism assessment team in south Tipperary; whether the team is functioning at present; how many staff are on the team; and...
    • Health Service Executive
      1953.To ask the Minister for Health to clarify a tax issue for HSE workers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32615/24]
    • Health Services
      1954.To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding the free HIV rapid testing and PrEP to within higher education institutes, ensuring students access to such services on campus;...
    • Dental Services
      1957.To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the treatment available for medical card holders who require extensive and urgent dental treatment beyond that which can be provided by a...
    • Nursing Homes
      1958.To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken in relation to a nursing home (details supplied). [30889/24]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1959.To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the implications of circular 24/2022 from the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform on retired...
    • Dental Services
      1960.To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthodontists currently servicing the waiting list in Clare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30907/24]
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      1963.To ask the Minister for Health how the decision to reduce the reimbursement rate for cataract surgery from €1,928 to €863, through the cross-Border healthcare scheme aligns...
    • Hospital Services
      1964.To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the €19 million that was spent by Children's Health Ireland's chiefs; the way this occurred without his knowledge, permission and or...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1965.To ask the Minister for Health if construction has started on the development of a helipad in Cork University Hospital; if he will provide a report on the progress of same; and if he will...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      1966.To ask the Minister for Health the reason the maximum rebate under the cross-Border scheme has been reduced from €1,928 reimbursement to €863; and if he will make a statement...
    • Primary Care Centres
      1967.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the delivery of a primary care centre for Blarney, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30928/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      1969.To ask the Minister for Health when the recommendation of the Expert Review Body on Nursing and Midwifery that clinical nurse specialists in infection prevention and control would continue...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      1970.To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the reduction in funding for patients getting cross-Border cataract surgery which has been halved from €1,928 to €863 from 1...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1972.To ask the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting cataract removal procedures to be carried out in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30943/24]
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      1973.To ask the Minister for Health the reason the decision has been taken that from 1 July 2024 to reduce the subsidy available from the reimbursement subsidy available for a cataract procedure...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1975.To ask the Minister for Health the details of the waiting list times for cataract removal surgery with the HSE, in tabular form. [30946/24]
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      1976.To ask the Minister for Health the details of how patients from Ireland availed of cataract removal surgery under the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme. [30947/24]
    • Nursing Homes
      1978.To ask the Minister for Health if the review sought by a person (details supplied) for the fair deal support for their spouse who has been a resident of a nursing home for an excess of 12...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1979.To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person was forced to wait for a health service in Carlow (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30965/24]
    • Health Services
      1980.To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30967/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      1981.To ask the Minister for Health if he has had discussions regarding the recommendation of the expert review group that the clinical nurse manager 2 scale would have an additional point on the...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      1982.To ask the Minister for Health the reason the reimbursement of €1,928 for cataract surgery under the cross-Border directive has been reduced by the HSE to €863 (details...
    • Hospital Staff
      1983.To ask the Minister for Health the reason the additional further scale point and long-service increment applied to the clinical nurse manager 2 grade was not applied to the clinical...
    • Dental Services
      1984.To ask the Minister for Health if an agreement has been reached with dentists with a view to providing dental services for medical card holders as currently many people on low incomes are...
    • Health Services Staff
      1986.To ask the Minister for Health the reason for delays in payments for CNS and CMS nurses (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30982/24]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1987.To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30983/24]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      1989.To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an overview of funding and capital works that have been approved and delivered in Cork since the Government was formed in 2020; and if he...
    • Health Services Staff
      1990.To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the special needs dentist who was operating out of Nenagh Hospital has recently left their position and has not been replaced; if the HSE...
    • Dental Services
      1991.To ask the Minister for Health if guidance will be provided by the HSE to parents living in the catchment area of Nenagh Hospital who have children with special needs, regarding what they...
    • Health Services Staff
      1992.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 408 to 412 of 2 July 2024, and the responses received from the HSE for same, which repeatedly stated that it is at local...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      1996.To ask the Minister for Health if a marriage appointment for a couple can be expedited (details supplied). [31010/24]
    • Cancer Services
      1997.To ask the Minister for Health if a plan is in place to ensure the HSE is equipped to administer radioligand therapy treatments for cancer by investing in the infrastructure, the highly...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1998.To ask the Minister for Health the measures that were taken to communicate changes in the reimbursement rate for cataract surgery from €1,928 to €863 to patients (details...
    • Health Services Staff
      1999.To ask the Minister for Health when the clinical nurse manager 2 salary scale will be extended by the addition of one further scale point and the introduction of a long-service increment, as...
    • Nursing Homes
      2000.To ask the Minister for Health the amount the HSE has spent to date on overall costs since it took statutory control of a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Abortion Services
      2001.To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Act 2024 will be commenced in full; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2002.To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case of an extended wait for a hospital bed for a person (details supplied) needing surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2003.To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting so long for an angiogram; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31025/24]
    • Medicinal Products
      2004.To ask the Minister for Health his views on the procurement of pharmaceuticals from a supplier (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31028/24]
    • Hospital Equipment
      2005.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 27 June 2024, when he will lift staffing and recruitment constraints in order that all DEXA scanners will be made...
    • Medical Cards
      2006.To ask the Minister for Health if an organisational medical card, rather than an individual medical card, can be provided for registered charities supporting victims of domestic violence, so...
    • Patient Transfers
      2008.To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be discharged from Letterkenny University Hospital to a long-term care facility in County Donegal; the reason for the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      2009.To ask the Minister for Health if GPs can avail of a maternity leave subsidy scheme from their employers; if this formed part of the GP agreement between his Department and the HSE; when...
    • Health Services
      2012.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 397 of 2 July 2024, what were the data points captured in the audits which have been performed thus far by the National...
    • Gender Recognition
      2015.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 400 of 2 July 2024, if the National Gender Service can detail what it means by gender stability, and what level of...
    • Health Services Staff
      2017.To ask the Minister for Health the reason clinical nurse, midwife specialists are no longer aligned with CNM2, after 24 years of alignment, following the Expert Review Body on Nursing and...
    • Wage-setting Mechanisms
      2019.To ask the Minister for Health his views on the expert body review on pay scales (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31075/24]
    • Health Services
      2020.To ask the Minister for Health if additional respite will be sanctioned for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31079/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      2021.To ask the Minister for Health if he will align the wages for clinical nurse specialists and clinical nurse managers 2, given they are vital in the development of Sláintecare. [31085/24]
    • Community Care
      2022.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1804 of 17 January 2024, the total bed capacity of a community nursing unit in Carraroe (details supplied); the number of...
    • Health Services Staff
      2024.To ask the Minister for Health the details of his engagement with the Community Healthcare West with regard to the impact of the HSE recruitment embargo on the filling of vacant posts in a...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      2025.To ask the Minister for Health his views on the reinstatement of HSE PCR testing (details supplied); if his Department will ensure that persons receive access to free and accurate PCR...
    • Medicinal Products
      2026.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 28 June 2024, the reason VSL3 sachets are no longer covered under the medical card scheme given they were covered...
    • Health Services Staff
      2027.To ask the Minister for Health to respond to concerns raised by a clinical nurse specialist (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31097/24]
    • Health Services
      2029.To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has cut its €1,928 reimbursement to patients undergoing cross-border cataract surgery to €863; if the HSé will reverse...
    • Primary Care Centres
      2030.To ask the Minister for Health when the Westfield integrated care centre in Ballincollig, Cork, will be fully operational. [31122/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      2031.To ask the Minister for Health if he will continue to align the salaries of clinical nurse-midwife specialists and clinical nurse managers 2; if he will urgently ensure the addition of one...
    • Health Services
      2032.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 263 of 23 May 2024, if the National Gender Service is aware that the mentioned systematic review's methodology has been...
    • Abortion Services
      2036.To ask the Minister for Health when the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Act 2023 will commence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Staff
      2037.To ask the Minister for Health if his Department have considered extending the clinical nurse manager 2 salary scale by an addition of one further scale point and the introduction of a...
    • Primary Care Centres
      2038.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 328 of 5 October 2023, if he will provide an update on the provision for a new primary care centre in Rathdowney, County...
    • Hospital Equipment
      2039.To ask the Minister for Health the reason the replacement grant for an MRI machine in Monaghan General Hospital was not granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31164/24]
    • Health Services
      2040.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the menopause outreach clinic in Cavan General Hospital; when he expects this clinic to be open; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Dental Services
      2041.To ask the Minister for Health if an orthodontic assessment for a person can be rescheduled (details supplied). [31196/24]
    • Disability Services
      2042.To ask the Minister for Health the number and exact wait times of children and adolescents waiting less than 12 months and in excess of 12 months for the north Lee, south Lee, north Cork,...
    • Mental Health Services
      2045.To ask the Minister for Health the reasons the north Lee child and adolescent primary care psychology services have had a 28-fold increase in waiting list numbers between December 2020 and...
    • Health Services Staff
      2047.To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the Expert Review Body on Nursing and Midwifery recommended that the CNM2 salary scale would be extended by the addition of one further...
    • Medical Cards
      2050.To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of equalising medical card thresholds with GP card thresholds, in tabular form; and the number of people to which this would relate, in each...
    • Hospital Staff
      2051.To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to introduce a long-service increment to the salary scale of clinical nurse specialists who have had their salaries linked to the...
    • Health Services
      2052.To ask the Minister for Health if he will further consider funding for an organisation based in County Kildare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31253/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      2053.To ask the Minister for Health to address concerns relating to the alignment of pay for clinical nurse-midwife specialists within the health service (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Medicinal Products
      2057.To ask the Minister for Health if he will reduce the existing cap of €80 per month for the drug payment scheme in budget 2025. [31259/24]
    • Qualifications Recognition
      2058.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the designation of the professional title of counsellor; to report on his engagement with CORU on same; his views on the prevalence of rogue...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2059.To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for a first appointment; the length of time they have been waiting to see an audiologist in CHO 2, in tabular form;...
    • Primary Care Centres
      2061.To ask the Minister for Health the status of a tender process (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31302/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      2063.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 643 of 3 October 2023, if the further correspondence received from a person (details supplied) can be reviewed and moneys...
    • Health Services Staff
      2064.To ask the Minister for Health to provide a timeline for the publication of the HSE’s workforce plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31310/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2065.To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31317/24]
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      2067.To ask the Minister for Health the number of legal cases taken by his Department, or by agencies or bodies under his Department’s aegis, against another Department, Government agency...
    • Hospital Staff
      2068.To ask the Minister for Health the reason his Department and the Health Service Executive have separated the pay of clinical nurse specialist from the clinical nurse manager 2 pay scale, as...
    • Medicinal Products
      2069.To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a patient (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31379/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      2070.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31382/24]
    • Health Services
      2073.To ask the Minister for Health if a partial discharge can be facilitated to allow sale of land to proceed and the full principal amount to be paid in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2074.To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment can be expedited for a person (details supplied) or if this person can be accommodated through the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [31392/24]
    • Health Services
      2075.To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the geographical assignments for public health nurses in the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal; and to provide a comparative of...
    • Disability Services
      2076.To ask the Minister for Health the number of functional vision assessments completed on blind or vision-impaired students at primary and post-primary level, in the past three years, in...
    • Hospital Staff
      2077.To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in intensive care medicine based at Mullingar Regional Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31418/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      2078.To ask the Minister for Health the areas that currently do not have access to early intervention psychosis services within the State, in tabular form. [31419/24]
    • Health Services
      2079.To ask the Minister for Health for details, for all CHOs, by region, of the number of respite beds available for older persons, adults with disabilities and children with disabilities, in...
    • Home Care Packages
      2084.To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on intensive homecare package waiting lists in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31448/24]
    • Health Services
      2085.To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider funding for an increase in fees to community optometrists and for a national public eye care programme for patients over the age of eight...
    • Hospital Services
      2086.To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide detail on the operational hours of the pharmacy at University Hospital Limerick; if during all operational hours it is staffed by qualified...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2087.To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a child (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31488/24]
    • Disability Services
      2088.To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a replacement hearing aid for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31527/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      2089.To ask the Minister for Health his views on a policy matter raised by a constituent regarding compensation for clinical nurse specialists (details supplied); his plans to seek the...
    • Health Services
      2090.To ask the Minister for Health the projected timeframe for the completion of works on a property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31546/24]
    • Medicinal Products
      2091.To ask the Minister for Health the availability status of the medicine romosozumab given that its reimbursement was announced by the HSE’s chief clinical officer on 6 February 2024...
    • Health Service Executive
      2094.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the recruitment of staff for the pricing and reimbursement system; how many of the 34 roles announced have been filled; how many have been...
    • Dental Services
      2095.To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists working in the school dental scheme in Laois and Offaly; the progress being made to improve the scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Care Services
      2097.To ask the Minister for Health the plans to provide a new day care centre at Abbeyleix hospital, including timelines for construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31566/24]
    • Departmental Schemes
      2098.To ask the Minister for Health the reason the reimbursement amount for cataract surgery under the cross-border treatment scheme has been reduced from €1,928 to €863; the person...
    • Care Services
      2099.To ask the Minister for Health the plans for the interRAI care needs facilitator placements advertised and interviewed for in 2023, as part of the Sláintecare initiative (details...
    • Hospital Staff
      2100.To ask the Minister for Health the reason clinical nurse specialists in infection prevention and control in CHI at Crumlin are not included in the recommendation by the expert review body on...
    • Health Services Staff
      2101.To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologists, per grade, employed by the HSE based in County Wicklow in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31580/24]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2102.To ask the Minister for Health the capital works projects that were carried out at Naas General Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024; the estimated cost for each capital works project; and...
    • Hospital Services
      2103.To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in improving access to urgent and emergency care, including critical care and trauma services, since 1 January 2022; the additional funding...
    • Home Help Service
      2104.To ask the Minister for Health the amount the HSE paid each external company that provided home help services to clients on behalf of the HSE within CHO 9 in 2023 and to date in 2024, in...
    • Hospital Staff
      2105.To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant dermatologists attached to St. Vincent's University Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31584/24]
    • Departmental Schemes
      2106.To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons from Kildare who have availed of the cross-border directive scheme refund for cardiology procedures in 2023 and to date in 2024, in...
    • Mental Health Services
      2107.To ask the Minister for Health if mental health services will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31599/24]
    • Home Care Packages
      2108.To ask the Minister for Health if the current home care package for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can be increased to include weekends; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2109.To ask the Minister for Health if his Department considered measures to procure some supplies for the 2024-25 winter flu season, following the National Immunisation Advisory...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2110.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a person’s (details supplied) wait for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31610/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      2111.To ask the Minister for Health when a consultant dermatologist will be appointed to Letterkenny University Hospital; when weekly dermatology clinics will recommence; and if he will make a...
    • Care of the Elderly
      2112.To ask the Minister for Health the Alzheimer’s disease services available in the CHO 7 area, and specifically in Dublin South-West. [31617/24]
    • Primary Care Services
      2113.To ask the Minister for Health what new primary care provision has been made in CH07 since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31618/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      2114.To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE recruitment freeze will be lifted, and specifically in the area of community and public health nursing; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      2116.To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychologists per grade and per LHO, and the population size they serve, employed in the CHO 4 child and adolescent mental health services, in...
    • Health Services Staff
      2117.To ask the Minister for Health if the disciplines of occupational therapy, nursing and social work will also have a regional director appointed to them in the South-West Regional Health Area...
    • Primary Care Centres
      2118.To ask the Minister for Health when the new primary care centre at a location (details supplied) will be opened; the WTE staff by job title that will be based at the new centre, in tabular...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      2119.To ask the Minister for Health if he has spoken with the new UK health secretary. [31642/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      2120.To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE optometrist and orthoptist based at Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form [31643/24]
    • Health Services
      2122.To ask the Minister for Health if approval has been given for the recommendations outlined on the publication of the Expert Review Body on Nursing and Midwifery in relation to CNM2 and...
    • Health Services Staff
      2124.To ask the Minister for Health to provide the full complement of therapists, public health nurses, and so on, that make up the health staff in Curlew Road health centre; the number of health...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2127.To ask the Minister for Health the capital works projects that were carried out at Nenagh General Hospital in 2023 and to-date in 2024; The nature of the capital works projects carried out...
    • Health Services
      2128.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a matter (details suppled); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31698/24]
    • Ambulance Service
      2130.To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned ambulance base in Recess in Connemara, which has already received planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Healthcare Policy
      2131.To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the committee being formed to review and inform the development of a national diabetes strategy; the terms of reference the...
    • Health Services
      2133.To ask the Minister for Health the reason Huntington’s disease and other neurological conditions do not come under the standard operating procedure in CHO4 (details supplied); and if...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      2134.To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated in Budget 2025 for the urgent upgrade and renovation of an addiction treatment centre (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he...
    • Nursing Homes
      2135.To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE nursing homes that have been treated for legionella in the past; if residents were allowed to remain in-situ in any of these cases while...
    • Health Services
      2136.To ask the Minister for Health the absolute number of people who completed the quit smoking cessation programme in each of the years 2011 to 2023; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      2138.To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who received the HPV vaccination by 31 December 2023 under the Laura Brennan HPV vaccination catch-up programme; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      2140.To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent (WTE)-trained colonoscopy staff required to meet colonoscopy target waiting times at the end of each of the years 2014 to...
    • Cancer Services
      2144.To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of patients seen within national cancer control programme target surgery timeframes for breast cancer nationally and in each designated cancer...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      2149.To ask the Minister for Health if a review of the cross-Border agreement is under way regarding cancer and cardiac care with a hospital (details supplied); and the approximate date by which...
    • Food Safety
      2151.To ask the Minister for Health the actions the Food Safety Authority of Ireland has taken over the past two years in relation to operations at a company (details supplied) in light of the...
    • Disease Management
      2152.To ask the Minister for Health if asthma will be added to the list of long-term illnesses covered by the long-term illness scheme and make persons with asthma eligible for a medical or GP...
    • Health Services Staff
      2153.To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be approved for the recruitment of an additional WTE advanced nurse practitioner in paediatric diabetes and an additional WTE advanced nurse...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2155.To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged under 18 currently waiting on audiometry tests in CHO9. [31763/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      2156.To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dental nurses, hygienists and dentists based at the dental clinic at St. Conal's Hospital, Letterkenny in 2023 and to date in 2024; and if...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2160.To ask the Minister for Health the average patient waiting time for arrival at the emergency department at Kerry General Hospital to admission for the first six months of 2024 for the cohort...
    • Mental Health Services
      2161.To ask the Minister for Health the primary care centres within CHO3 that have a mental health day centre onsite; and the capacity of each of these day centres, in tabular form. [31769/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      2162.To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE maternity sonographers working in Cavan General Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31770/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      2163.To ask the Minister for Health the number of people employed through HSE in cognitive behavioural therapy in Tipperary. [31771/24]
    • Health Services
      2170.To ask the Minister for Health the number of hoists currently in use within the radiology department of Beaumont Hospital. [31778/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      2172.To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for Jigsaw in CHO7. [31780/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      2173.To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources and personnel that will be provided to Wexford General Hospital in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [31781/24]
    • Health Services
      2174.To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of funding allocated to drug addiction services in County Roscommon in 2023, in tabular form. [31782/24]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2175.To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a CT scan and MRI scan at Naas General Hospital. [31783/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      2176.To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant endocrinologists based at Tallaght University Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31784/24]
    • Care of the Elderly
      2177.To ask the Minister for Health the number of day centres for older persons in County Leitrim funded by the HSE in 2023 and to date in 2024; and the capacity of each of these day centres, in...
    • Health Services
      2178.To ask the Minister for Health the number of family planning centres in Limerick city contracted to provide State-funded services only in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31786/24]
    • Departmental Budgets
      2179.To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocation for Louth County Hospital in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [31787/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      2180.To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric cardiology registrars based at CHI Crumlin in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31788/24]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2181.To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in Wicklow currently awaiting an appointment for ophthalmology, by waiting times, in tabular form. [31789/24]
    • Hospital Equipment
      2182.To ask the Minister for Health the number of ultrasound machines at Sligo University Hospital in 2020 and 2024, in tabular form. [31790/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      2183.To ask the Minister for Health the CAMHS staffing levels, as set out in Sharing the Vision, in each of the teams in CHO 6 and CHO 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31805/24]
    • Health Services
      2184.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 620 of 8 May 2024, the number of adverse events there have been per year in the national gender service, broken down by...
    • Hospital Staff
      2187.To ask the Minister for Health the reason the salary scale for clinical placement co-ordinators is not fully aligned with that of the clinical nurse manager 2 regarding the long-service...
    • Medical Cards
      2188.To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the current process in place for reimbursement of blood test costs for medical card holders; if he will consider an information campaign via...
    • Disease Management
      2191.To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be ring-fenced in budget 2025 for patients living with epidermolysis bullosa ED in order that they can access vital care that adapts to their...
    • Hospital Staff
      2192.To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase funding for the clinical psychologist service based in St. James’s Hospital from 0.25 to 0.5 WTE allowing for a dedicated EB...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      2194.To ask the Minister for Health when a person in County Kerry (details supplied) will get a date for an appointment in the South Infirmary Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2195.To ask the Minister for Health when the 98 new acute beds for delivery over three years for University Hospital Waterford, announced in May 2024, will be delivered; a project timeline for...
    • Hospital Services
      2202.To ask the Minister for Health when cardiac care services at University Hospital Waterford will move to 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week, now that recruitment of the necessary staff can...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      2203.To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the HSE has reduced the amount to be reimbursed to people who have cataracts removed under the cross-Border scheme from €1,928 to...
    • Health Services
      2204.To ask the Minister for Health when the national review of cardiac services report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31870/24]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2205.To ask the Minister for Health if there will be adequate and sustained funding to restore hospital-based cardiac rehab (CR) staffing to at least a minimal level, to include the...
    • Health Services
      2206.To ask the Minister for Health in the absence of a current cardiovascular health strategy, how cardiac rehab will be supported by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Abortion Services
      2207.To ask the Minister for Health the number and severity scale of all adverse events reported to the HSE related to termination of pregnancy from January 2019 to May 2024, in tabular form; and...
    • Health Services
      2209.To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment; the reason for the delay; the prioritisation that has been given to the child; and if he will make...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      2210.To ask the Minister for Health if fenfluramine is covered by the HSE for reimbursement for the treatment of Dravet’s syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31912/24]
    • Health Services
      2212.To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with the ongoing purchase of a product. [31914/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      2213.To ask the Minister for Health the vacant posts currently existing in each hospital in the south and south west areas due to the HSE recruitment ban; and the timelines to fill those...
    • Dental Services
      2215.To ask the Minister for Health if he has sanctioned a scheme for children on orthodontic waiting lists to see private practitioners for treatment; the categories of orthodontic treatment to...
    • Health Services
      2216.To ask the Minister for Health if a scan appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31919/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      2217.To ask the Minister for Health if he remains assured that no healthcare workers, public or private, are in any way exploited by way of low pay or other working conditions; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      2218.To ask the Minister for Health the financial assistance available to a person (details supplied) towards the work of a club; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31934/24]
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      2220.To ask the Minister for Health the reason for reducing the level of reimbursement (details supplied) for Irish citizens travelling to Northern Ireland for cataract operations; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      2221.To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent examination will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [31964/24]
    • Gender Recognition
      2222.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 350 of 18 June 2024, if the National Gender Service can clarify at exactly what stage the business case has progressed...
    • Hospital Admissions
      2231.To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have attended the urgent care centre at Connolly Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31986/24]
    • Health Services
      2232.To ask the Minister for Health the future plans in place to increase bed capacity and resources for respite services in Wicklow. [31987/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      2233.To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure significant investment into local public health nurses (details supplied); if he is aware of the negative impacts that staffing issues have...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2234.To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided for all capital projects in Galway since 2020, broken down by the location, details of projects and final cost, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Health Services
      2235.To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to enable the out-of-hours GP services in Galway since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32029/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      2236.To ask the Minister for Health when clinical placement co-ordinators for nursing and midwifery will be given parity with clinical nurse manager grade 2 by giving them a long service...
    • General Practitioner Services
      2238.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 26 June 2024, to specify the GPs with vasectomy contracts to provide services to medical card patients in CHO4;...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2239.To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) can expect an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32095/24]
    • Hospital Investigations
      2240.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 624 of 16 April 2024, if he or his officials have met with a group (details supplied); if so, the outcome of that...
    • Hospital Deaths
      2241.To ask the Minister for Health the neonatal mortality rate and number of deaths for each year 2014-2024, nationwide and for each region and each hospital, in tabular form. [32102/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      2242.To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the CAMHS waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32124/24]
    • Health Services
      2243.To ask the Minister for Health the average cost to the Government for HSE occupational therapy intervention per child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32125/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      2244.To ask the Minister for Health the average cost to the Government for CAMHS intervention per child and cost to train parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32126/24]
    • Health Services
      2245.To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the Government to pay for private occupational or psychology services to reduce waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Suicide Incidence
      2246.To ask the Minister for Health the number of suicides in Ireland up to the age of 18 years in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32128/24]
    • Gender Recognition
      2247.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 820 of 11 June 2024, the oestradiol and testosterone serum concentrations that are targeted for trans men and women by...
    • Health Services
      2248.To ask the Minister for Health to include in the estimates and service plan for the health services for the coming year the appointment of a post (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2249.To ask the Minister for Health the cost per child to have them on a waiting list for occupational therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32142/24]
    • Healthcare Policy
      2251.To ask the Minister for Health if the cost of a sleep apnoea machine is covered under the drugs payment scheme; the amount that is refunded, monthly, for this machine; the process for...
    • Health Services
      2252.To ask the Minister for Health the number of activities carried out under a heading in the midlands region in 2023 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32149/24]
    • Hospital Services
      2254.To ask the Minister for Health the new or expanded services being provided in counties Cavan and Monaghan in 2023 and to date in 2024, within the healthcare system in hospitals. [32174/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      2255.To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to fill vacancies in primary care in counties Cavan and Monaghan for children who are waiting for occupational therapy, speech and...
    • Hospital Facilities
      2256.To ask the Minister for Health the services, staffing and extra beds introduced to Monaghan Hospital in the past 16 months; his plans to enhance services further in the future at Monaghan...
    • Health Services Staff
      2257.To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of the public health nurses operating in the relevant areas in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the locations in which there are vacancies at...
    • Emergency Departments
      2258.To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances at Cavan General Hospital in the years 2013 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      2259.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of menopause services; the number of clinics available through the public health service; the contact details for each menopause...
    • Hospital Admissions
      2260.To ask the Minister for Health the number of attendances to the minor injury unit in Monaghan Hospital, per month, from 2021 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Dental Services
      2261.To ask the Minister for Health if the national school dental service has ceased in counties Cavan and Monaghan; how children left untreated can access these services; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      2262.To ask the Minister for Health the status of a project (details supplied); the timeline for same; the services that will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32182/24]
    • Cancer Services
      2264.To ask the Minister for Health if the ages for cancer screening are being reviewed by his Department for breast and bowel cancer; if his Department will lower the age of same; and if he will...
    • Health Services Staff
      2265.To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time midwives working in the maternity department of Cavan General Hospital in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • General Practitioner Services
      2266.To ask the Minister for Health the services provided by NEDOC; the hours the service is provided in Cavan and Monaghan; the enhancements this service received in the past year; and if he...
    • Ambulance Service
      2267.To ask the Minister for Health the response times for ambulances in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the steps his Department has taken to increase ambulances, EMTs and paramedics in Cavan and...
    • Healthcare Policy
      2268.To ask the Minister for Health the date he is working towards, to introduce legislation concerning safeguard proposals relating to deprivation of liberty; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      2269.To ask the Minister for Health the reason for a reduction of the reimbursement amount for cataract removal surgery from €1,928 to €863 despite no change in the cost of such a...
    • Healthcare Policy
      2270.To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that could have benefitted from access to ravulizumab if positive reimbursement recommendations had been issued by the HSE for the...
    • Health Service Executive
      2272.To ask the Minister for Health for data on the headcount within HSE’s corporate pharmaceutical unit, the HSE’s drugs group and the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, in...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      2273.To ask the Minister for Health when the planned application tracker on the HSE’s website, which details when a reimbursement application for a medicine is received and whether the...
    • Health Service Executive
      2275.To ask the Minister for Health the medicine reimbursement decisions taken by the HSE Drugs Group and Executive Management team, for the years 2021 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2277.To ask the Minister for Health how many children in south Tipperary are waiting for ophthalmology services; and when children will be called for their appointments. [32248/24]
    • Health Services
      2278.To ask the Minister for Health how many people have now been provided with individual health identifier numbers in accordance with the Health Identifiers Act 2014; and if he will make a...
    • Hospice Services
      2279.To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the provision of a level 3 hospice in Tullamore (details supplied). [32250/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      2280.To ask the Minister for Health the reason clinical nurse midwife specialists have not received the long service increment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32255/24]
    • General Practitioner Services
      2282.To ask the Minister for Health the reasons a person (details supplied) cannot avail of an MRI scan under the GP access to diagnostics scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      2284.To ask the Minister for Health when a HSE report on the death of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be completed; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Staff
      2285.To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric dermatologist consultants based at CHI Crumlin in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [32288/24]
    • Hospital Facilities
      2286.To ask the Minister for Health the estimated costs, including staffing, required to increase the number of critical care beds nationwide to 405. [32289/24]
    • Health Services
      2287.To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons within CHO8 on a waiting list for podiatry services. [32290/24]
    • Primary Care Centres
      2290.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the primary health centre at Boot Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, including an update on services currently operating; when full services are...
    • Health Services Staff
      2291.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on recruitment for staff vacancies in the primary health centre, Boot Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, to include a breakdown of posts filled and...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2292.To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons on the waiting list for ophthalmology in Cork; the average waiting time for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Executive
      2294.To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Urgent and Emergency Care Plan (2024-2026), which is to replace HSE Annual Winter Plans; the timeline for approval by the HSE Board and...
    • Legislative Measures
      2297.To ask the Minister for Health if he will progress amendments to the Dentists Act 1985, which an organisation has urgently requested (details supplied); if so, the timeline for same; and if...
    • Health Strategies
      2298.To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation plan for Smile Agus Sláinte, the National Oral Health Policy published in 2019; the timeline for publication of this...
    • Legislative Process
      2299.To ask the Minister for Health the reason he has not commenced the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Act 2024; the timeline for same; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      2300.To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which clinical nurse specialists’ (CNS) and clinical midwife specialists’ (CMS) pay was linked; if he intends to adjust CNS...
    • Dental Services
      2301.To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in second and sixth classes waiting to be targeted under the school dental programme for the 2021-2022, 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 academic...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2302.To ask the Minister for Health the HSE’s plans for a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32389/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      2304.To ask the Minister for Health the reason plans to establish a CAMHS service at Ashbourne primary care centre have stalled; if he will provide an update on plans for a CAMHS service in...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2305.To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting a long time for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32397/24]
    • Departmental Data
      2306.To ask the Minister for Health the number of maternal deaths for each of the past ten years; and the level of investment made to reduce the number of maternal deaths, for each of the past...
    • Medical Cards
      2307.To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently review the medical card income limits and criteria for discretionary medical cards. [32444/24]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2308.To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list times for orthopaedic surgery in CHO8, in tabular form. [32445/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      2311.To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff vacancies at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar, in tabular form. [32449/24]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2312.To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date plans for the future use of St. Vincent’s Hospital, Athlone. [32450/24]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2315.To ask the Minister for Health to instruct the HSE to develop and launch the necessarily high-profile and wide public-information campaign, explaining how the best way to avoid long-Covid is...
    • Healthcare Policy
      2317.To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to raise the age for mammograms above 69 years, as part of the BreastCheck programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32475/24]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2318.To ask the Minister for Health if he can clarify plans for a disused HSE clinic (details supplied). [32481/24]
    • Medical Cards
      2321.To ask the Minister for Health if it is standard practice for a chiropodist to charge a fee for appointments for medical card holders; if so, if he will consider requesting that the fee be...
    • Health Services
      2322.To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients, and hours provided, for each of the services offered at the HSE health centre in Shannon, County Clare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2323.To ask the Minister for Health when a person can expect an appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32521/24]
    • Home Care Packages
      2324.To ask the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting homecare support in County Wicklow; the total number of hours allocated in 2023 and to date in 2024 in County Wicklow; the...
    • Dental Services
      2326.To ask the Minister for Health the number of independent dental practices that are currently signed up to the dental treatment services scheme in County Wicklow; if he will provide a list of...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2327.To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting list in Wicklow; the average waiting times for appointments, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Health Services Staff
      2329.To ask the Minister for Health the number of adult physiotherapists in CHO6 and CHO7 in County Wicklow, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32564/24]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2333.To ask the Minister for Health the number currently on the waiting list for adult physiotherapy in CHO6 and CHO7, County Wicklow, broken down by length of time, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Mental Health Services
      2338.To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the CAMHS waiting list in County Wicklow; the average waiting time, broken down by length of time, three, six and 12+ months, in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2339.To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals made to long-Covid clinics, by county; the average waiting timeframe, broken down by length of time of three, six and 12+ months, in...
    • Health Services
      2340.To ask the Minister for Health the status of the national newborn bloodspot screening programme; the progress made by the national screening advisory committee to expand the programme; and...
    • Nursing Homes
      2341.To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications received under the fair deal nursing home support scheme in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the average time for applications to be...
    • Health Promotion
      2342.To ask the Minister for Health the measures his Department is taking to address the increase in young people vaping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32579/24]
    • Health Services
      2343.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a project (details supplied) since its opening in 2023. [32585/24]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2344.To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of hiring an additional 100 speech and language therapists, 100 psychologists, 100 occupational therapists and 100...
    • Abortion Services
      2345.To ask the Minister for Health the total number of GPs contracted to provide termination of pregnancy services in the community as of May 2024. [32620/24]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2346.To ask the Minister for Health when children can expect to be called for appointments (details supplied) once the tendering process is complete for the outsourcing of orthodontal care for...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2347.To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting over two years for urgent orthodontal treatment; when they can expect to be called for this treatment;...
    • Health Services
      2348.To ask the Minister for Health the number of unfilled occupational therapist posts in CHO6 and CHO7, respectively; and the number of persons waiting to be seen by an occupational therapist...
    • Mental Health Services
      2349.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 647 of 9 July 2024, if the 42 reports of sexual assaults were reported to the Gardaí; the outcomes of these...
    • Health Services
      2351.To ask the Minister for Health the remit of the HSE’s sexual safety task and finish group; if the group will publish what it finds; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services
      2352.To ask the Minister for Health given the recent case where a CAMHS psychiatrist pleaded guilty to sexual assault, whether one of 42 reports of sexual assaults was referenced in the Mental...
    • Medicinal Products
      2353.To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of investigations at EU level for a drug (details supplied); if there is any such investigation in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Staff
      2355.To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds currently provided in each public and voluntary hospital as of the end of June 2024 or the latest date available, in tabular form;...
    • Dental Services
      2357.To ask the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting public dental treatment in counties Louth and Meath; and the length of time they are awaiting treatment. [32684/24]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2360.To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists, and the average waiting times they are experiencing, in each outpatient department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital,...
    • Primary Care Centres
      2362.To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors employed in a primary care centre (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024; and the number of patients...
    • Health Services
      2363.To ask the Minister for Health if the respite services in Cahersiveen, County Kerry can be increased, as currently respite services are available at weekends only; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Homes
      2364.To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide the necessary funding to a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32744/24]
    • Primary Care Centres
      2365.To ask the Minister for Health the services currently in place at the primary care centre (PCC) in Dromod, County Leitrim; and the plans in place to increase the level of services in the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      2366.To ask the Minister for Health if he would consider the implementation of a free menopause scheme, similar to the contraception scheme and the maternity and infant care scheme; and if he...
    • Health Services
      2367.To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the allocation of the health budget towards primary care, secondary care and public health, in tabular form. [32769/24]
    • Medicinal Products
      2368.To ask the Minister for Health whether all forms of HRT and menopause medication will be covered by the drugs payment scheme; and to provide an update on the inclusion of veoza in the drug...
    • Health Services
      2369.To ask the Minister for Health whether payment has been issued to GPs for the treatment of patients aged 30-35 under the contraception scheme; and if not, when it is expected to issue...
    • Health Promotion
      2370.To ask the Minister for Health if he would consider regulation around the prevalence of online advertising for alcohol; and if he has engaged with social media and search engine companies in...
    • Health Services
      2371.To ask the Minister for Health for an update in regard to the regulation of counsellors and psychotherapists; the estimated timeline for the sector to come under the remit of CORU; and if he...
    • Dental Services
      2372.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a timeline in regard to providing the Dental Council of Ireland with extended regulatory powers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      2373.To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant community dietitian posts by CHO, in tabular form; and the number for the corresponding period in 2023. [32838/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      2381.To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant psychologist posts by CHO, in tabular form; and the number for the corresponding period in 2023. [32846/24]
    • Medical Cards
      2382.To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons covered by medical cards in each of the years since 2019, including 2024 year-to-date. [32850/24]
    • General Practitioner Services
      2383.To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons covered by GP visit cards in each of the years since 2019, including 2024 year-to-date. [32851/24]
    • Medical Cards
      2384.To ask the Minister for Health if any research has conducted or commissioned into extending eligibility for medical cards, either by age and income limit; if so, to provide a copy of this...
    • General Practitioner Services
      2386.To ask the Minister for Health the total spend on the GP visit card scheme in each of the years since 2019, including 2024 year-to-date. [32854/24]
    • Legislative Process
      2387.To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for publication of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32855/24]
    • Health Services
      2388.To ask the Minister for Health to provide timelines for extending the opening hours of injury units, by unit; the new operating hours in each unit; the reason a unit is to be excluded from...
    • Mental Health Services
      2391.To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in addressing the national shortfall of 832 acute psychiatric inpatient beds, as identified by the Specialist Group on Acute...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2392.To ask the Minister for Health the agreed definition of recovery in long-Covid and post-cute Covid clinics; the way in which recovery is measured; if recovery means that patients return to...
    • General Practitioner Services
      2395.To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to update GP guidance in respect of recognising current symptoms of Covid and long-Covid, particularly during a significant rise in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2396.To ask the Minister for Health to provide details regarding the onset of new medical conditions recorded among patients in long-Covid and post-acute clinics, by clinic and year in tabular...
    • Public Sector Pay
      2398.To ask the Minister for Health the projected cost of providing additional funding to Section 39 organisations to provide pay increases in line with the current public service pay deal; the...
    • Health Services Staff
      2399.To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on agency staff in 2023 and 2024 to date across the health service, broken down by staffing type, and to whom the payments were made; the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      2400.To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme threshold to €50; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32868/24]
    • Health Services
      2401.To ask the Minister for Health the projected full year costs of expanding the free contraception scheme to all women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32869/24]
    • Departmental Funding
      2402.To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2025 of reducing prescription charges to €1 per item with a cap of €10 for all, or to 50 cent per item with a cap of...
    • Medical Cards
      2403.To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing in 2025 medical cards to all those diagnosed with cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32871/24]
    • Home Care Packages
      2406.To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided for the Home Support Service in 2024; the number of home care packages funded; the projected additional cost of providing a home care...
    • Departmental Programmes
      2408.To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the flu vaccine programme in 2023 and 2024 respectively; the number of doses that are expected to be provided in 2024 and 2025; the number of doses...
    • General Practitioner Services
      2409.To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing free GP care to all children under 18; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32878/24]
    • Departmental Programmes
      2411.To ask the Minister for Health the projected cost of providing two doses of the chicken pox varicella vaccine free to all children through the primary or school child immunisation programme;...
    • Departmental Schemes
      2413.To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of adding asthma to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32882/24]
    • Mental Health Policy
      2414.To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding provided for mental health in each of the last two budgets; the detailed breakdown of the status of each of the measures announced; and...
    • Health Services Staff
      2415.To ask the Minister for Health the projected costs of fully funding the safe staffing framework; the projected costs of growing the nursing and midwifery workforce by 2,000 WTEs annually for...
    • Hospital Facilities
      2419.To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional hospital beds have been delivered in each of 2023 and 2024 to date; the breakdown by type of bed that is, acute, step down and so on;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2420.To ask the Minister for Health the projected cost of delivering 1,500 additional acute beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32889/24]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2421.To ask the Minister for Health when the last time an audit was completed on the use of St. Loman’s Hospital, Mullingar, to ascertain the parts of the building that are currently in...
    • Ambulance Service
      2424.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a site selection for a new ambulance base in Athlone. [32938/24]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2425.To ask the Minister for Health when work will be completed on the 50-bed community nursing unit in Clonbrusk, Athlone (details supplied). [32939/24]
    • Hospice Services
      2426.To ask the Minister for Health if all outstanding issues have been resolved with a hospice (details supplied) on its relocation to the satisfaction of the voluntary hospice committee; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      2427.To ask the Minister for Health further to the recognition of long-Covid supports for a further 12 months for healthcare workers who contracted Covid-19 at the early stages of the pandemic,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      2428.To ask the Minister for Health when the epidemiological survey approved by the HSE in 2022 to be conducted to provide insight and understanding into the prevalence of long-Covid in Ireland...
    • Mental Health Services
      2434.To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of establishing and running Ireland’s first mother and baby unit for mothers undergoing mental health issues. [32958/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      2435.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 26 June 2024, the number of people for each CHO area who are currently on panels awaiting appointment as...
    • Health Services
      2436.To ask the Minister for Health the plans the HSE has to extend the homecare support services to weekends; if he will provide a full-year costing for this; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Mental Health Services
      2437.To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTEs in perinatal mental health services in the CHO7 area. [32974/24]
    • Departmental Schemes
      2438.To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the number of dentists enrolled with the dental treatment service scheme, by county, in tabular form. [32975/24]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2439.To ask the Minister for Health the number of older persons on a waiting list for home care packages in the CHO 7 area; and how many of those have been waiting more than six months. [32976/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      2441.To ask the Minister for Health if, given the HSE recruitment ban has been lifted, he will confirm whether the many vacancies currently filled with agency staff will be advertised for already...
    • General Practitioner Services
      2442.To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the annual payments since 2020 to providers of community diagnostics under the general practitioner access to community diagnostics scheme;...
    • Health Services
      2443.To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33022/24]
    • Hospital Procedures
      2444.To ask the Minister for Health what the policy and protocol is regarding do-not-resuscitate orders in UHL and the model 2 hospitals in the mid-west region (Ennis, Nenagh and St. Johns); if...
    • Health Services Staff
      2445.To ask the Minister for Health the training that is provided to staff in respect of do-not-resuscitate orders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33024/24]
    • Hospital Procedures
      2446.To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of do-not-resuscitate orders being offered to patients that are non-compos mentis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33025/24]
    • Healthcare Policy
      2449.To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of further patients presented to UHL with sepsis since the death of a person (details supplied) who are still not being treated in accordance...
    • Mental Health Services
      2450.To ask the Minister for Health his views on the lack of adult psychiatric beds for those with eating disorders in the mid-west region. [33038/24]
    • General Practitioner Services
      2451.To ask the Minister for Health the plans to ensure that GPs have suitably fast access to diagnostics equivalent to those in acute settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Staff
      2452.To ask the Minister for Health how many staff have been lost in the recruitment stages of UHL recruitment to other services; how many left in the panel stages of recruitment; and if he will...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2453.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 10 of 29 February 2024, if the proposal for an externally contracted satellite haemodialysis unit at Ennis has been...
    • Citizens' Assembly
      2454.To ask the Minister for Health the plans to implement the citizens assembly recommendation for a joint report on an annual basis detailing total and disaggregated expenditure and channels of...
    • Health Strategies
      2455.To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to expanding the newborn bloodspot screening panel from nine diseases to at least the European average of eighteen diseases; and...
    • Hospital Services
      2456.To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients transported in the non-ambulance patient transport policy, 2020-2024, by CHO, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ambulance Service
      2457.To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients transported in emergency ambulances for AS3 non-urgent interfacility transfer, 2020-2024, by CHO, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Services
      2458.To ask the Minister for Health the plans within his Department to expand the non-ambulance patient transport policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33058/24]
    • Hospital Facilities
      2459.To ask the Minister for Health given that the six hospitals in the UHL group function as one hospital system, if there are any plans for a shuttle bus or equivalent between the hospitals for...
    • Ambulance Service
      2460.To ask the Minister for Health the number of operational emergency ambulance and intermediate care vehicles currently on the road, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff
      2462.To ask the Minister for Health the number of qualified advanced paramedics in the midwest region who are currently serving in desk positions, outside of those on light duty for practical...
    • Health Services Staff
      2463.To ask the Minister for Health whether the vacancies in UHG pathology were affected by the recruitment embargo; how his Department intends to address these vacancies; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Reports
      2464.To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for release of Justice Clarke’s report into the mid-west region urgent and emergency care capacity; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      2465.To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the nursing vacancies in UHL; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33065/24]
    • Eating Disorders
      2466.To ask the Minister for Health the number of eating disorder referrals that have been made from UHL emergency department since 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      2467.To ask the Minister for Health the reason primary care psychology services for County Clare are provided from the Ennis Centre, as opposed to utilising the Kilrush Centre; and if he will...
    • Primary Care Services
      2468.To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on the waiting list for primary care psychology services in County Clare, divided by local area; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      2469.To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the unpredictable nature of satellite Shannondoc service hours in west Clare; if he will facilitate a meeting with service providers; and if...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      2470.To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of recent overcrowding at the emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda; the reasons for this overcrowding; the steps...
    • Health Services
      2471.To ask the Minister for Health if he aware there is no podiatrist working in the public health realm in the Louth area; his plans to recruit the required number; what patients are being...
    • Dental Services
      2472.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 669 of 23 January 2024, the progress of the tender by the National Oral Health Office for orthodontists to provide care...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      2473.To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider additional funding for addiction services provided through the North Eastern Regional Drugs and Alcohol Task Force; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      2474.To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who availed of the Northern Planned Healthcare Scheme from June 2023 to June 2024; the types of treatment received, by county; the total...
    • Health Services
      2475.To ask the Minister for Health the range and nature of diabetes services available to Louth-based adults and children at hospitals; if there are plans to improve the diabetes service...
    • Land Issues
      2476.To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to working with the Minister for Education to finalise the transfer of seven acres of land at a location (details supplied) to...
    • Dental Services
      2477.To ask the Minister for Health the cost of subsidising dental practises to allow students to avail of dental check-ups every six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33134/24]
    • Departmental Funding
      2478.To ask the Minister for Health the cost of introducing a T-Fund for all HEIs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33135/24]
    • Health Promotion
      2479.To ask the Minister for Health the cost in introducing funding for the distribution of 50,000 Sexual health and Guidance packs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33136/24]
    • Cancer Services
      2480.To ask the Minister for Health the funding currently provided to community cancer support centres such as a centre (details supplied); if this will be reviewed to ensure there is core...
    • Medicinal Products
      2482.To ask the Minister for Health the negotiations that have taken place involving Ireland as part of the BeNeLuxA initiative for purchasing Skyclarys containing omaveloxalone, which is used in...
    • General Practitioner Services
      2483.To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs in Drogheda; the number of GPs that are required to deal with the ongoing shortage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33202/24]
    • Nursing Homes
      2485.To ask the Minister for Health his views on the ongoing practice of private nursing homes charging medical card holders for products and services to which they are entitled free of charge;...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2486.To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the project to construct a rehabilitation unit at Roscommon University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33236/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      2487.To ask the Minister for Health the total number of vacant posts, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33244/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      2488.To ask the Minister for Health the number on the waiting lists for CAHMS in Drogheda and south Louth broken down by 3, 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24-month categories, in tabular form. [33245/24]
    • Departmental Data
      2489.To ask the Minister for Health the number on the waiting lists for CAHMS in CH08, broken down by county or local area and by 3, 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24-month categories, in tabular form. [33246/24]
    • Health Services
      2490.To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost for enabling student health facilities to prescribe hormones and offer blood tests to trans and non-binary students. [33288/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      2491.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 17 April 2024, if the lack of public health nurses in Dublin mid-west can be investigated (details supplied)....
    • Land Issues
      2492.To ask the Minister for Health the future use plans for a hospital location (details supplied); and the position regarding right of way access for locals. [33293/24]
    • Healthcare Policy
      2493.To ask the Minister for Health when the CNM2 salary scale will be extended by the addition of one further scale point and the introduction of a long-service increment following...
    • Dental Services
      2494.To ask the Minister for Health the current number of dentists working in the school dental scheme in Longford and Westmeath; the progress being made to improve the scheme; and if he will...
    • Healthcare Policy
      2495.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 344 of 11 July 2024, if he can respond further to the follow-up concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and...
    • Health Services
      2496.To ask the Minister for Health the number of step-down care beds available in CHO 7, and if there are any plans to increase the number available. [33310/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      2497.To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists posts currently vacant in the CHO 7 area. [33311/24]
    • Departmental Data
      2498.To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses currently operating in CHO 7, and the area covered by each one. [33312/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      2499.To ask the Minister for Health given the increased distances to be covered by public health nurse in rural communities, if it is intended to increase the number of public health nurses in...
    • Cancer Services
      2501.To ask the Minister for Health the projected cost of introducing screening for lung, prostate and gastric cancers, respectively; his plans for same; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Strategies
      2502.To ask the Minister for Health the status of the national strategy for accelerating genetic and genomic medicine in Ireland; the additional resources he has committed to this; the plans in...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2503.To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for diagnostic tests; his plans to meet Sláintecare objectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33320/24]
    • Cancer Services
      2504.To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding he has committed to the national cancer strategy in each year since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33321/24]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2507.To ask the Minister for Health further to the lifting of the recruitment embargo, if any improvements will be made in respect of the number of ophthalmologists currently working within HSE...
    • Departmental Data
      2508.To ask the Minister for Health the number of adverse incidents or equipment failures relating to national ambulance service defibrillators in the south-east in each of the past three years....
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2510.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 19 of 13 June 2024, to provide an update on the SAR/PBC by the project team and the Galway University Hospital’s...
    • Primary Care Centres
      2513.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 866 of 11 June 2024, the status of the proposed primary care centre for Galway city; the expected timeline for the...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2514.To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 867 of 11 June 2024, the status of the development of a primary care centre on Inisbofin; the status of the land...
    • Care Services
      2515.To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of all respite beds in County Galway; the number of these that are currently operational and currently closed, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Health Strategies
      2519.To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a national strategy on osteoporosis, which would cover diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2520.To ask the Minister for Health the total funding allocated to osteoporosis diagnosis and treatment in each of the years 2019 to 2023, and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2521.To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for treatment for osteoporosis in CHO 2, by county and periods spent waiting, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Nursing Homes
      2522.To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to respond to correspondence received from a person (details supplied) regarding the matter of a nursing home charging a medical card holder for...
    • Health Services Staff
      2523.To ask the Minister for Health if the discrepancy between the current clinical nurse manager 2 and clinical nurse specialist (CNS) pay scales can be addressed, which has seen the CNS pay...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2526.To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a diagnostic waiting list, by type, wait time and location, in tabular form. [33451/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      2527.To ask the Minister for Health if recruitment will commence of the 12 remaining neurology nurse specialist posts, funded in budget 2023, following the comments made by the CEO of the HSE at...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      2528.To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of Irish Blood Transfusion Service staff who, despite being front-line workers during the Covid pandemic, have been declined the...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      2529.To ask the Minister for Health the status of the application by Tallaght University Hospital for a new 72-bed inpatient unit. [33455/24]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2530.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on waiting times for both adult and child occupational therapy services in Clondalkin, Lucan, Palmerstown, Rathcoole, Newcastle, Saggart and...
    • Departmental Data
      2531.To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients seen by the Bantry Hospital injury clinic annually from 2019 to date, in tabular form. [33491/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      2533.To ask the Minister for Health if funding has been released to support the pay increase for all section 39 workers agreed last year; and, if not, when it is expected to be released to those...
    • Departmental Bodies
      2534.To ask the Minister for Health his views on the resignation of two disability campaigners from the national steering group set up to shape the HSE’s Roadmap to Improve...
    • Dental Services
      2535.To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting list in County Cavan and County Monaghan; the average waiting times for appointments in...
    • Mental Health Services
      2538.To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on the CAMHS waiting list in County Cavan and County Monaghan; the average waiting time in each county; the number waiting more than six...
    • Departmental Data
      2540.To ask the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting colonoscopy in County Cavan and County Monaghan; the number of these who have been waiting up to 30, 30 to 60, 60 to 90 days and...
    • Health Services Staff
      2544.To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the number of vacancies at Cavan General Hospital; the grade of each vacancy; the length of time the vacancy has been available, in tabular...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2545.To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people on the waiting list for ophthalmology in County Cavan and County Monaghan; the average waiting time for appointment in each county,...
    • Mental Health Services
      2548.To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed in July 2021, 2022 and 2023 in community psychiatry, community psychology and community CAMHS areas in County Cork, by area; and...
    • Health Services Staff
      2552.To ask the Minister for Health how many neurology specialist nurses are employed at Cork University Hospital in comparison to the national guidelines; and the steps he will take to address...
    • Mental Health Services
      2555.To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists to be seen by a psychiatrist at the Carrigaline primary care centre by waiting times of three, six, nine, 12, 18 and 24 months, respectively....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2558.To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for pain management in CUH and the Mercy hospital by three, six, nine, 12, 18 and 24 months. [33621/24]
    • Home Help Service
      2560.To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for home help in south Lee, Cork. [33623/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      2563.To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for CAMHS in south and north Lee by three, six, nine, 12, 18 and 24 months. [33626/24]
    • Dental Services
      2565.To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists operating under the DTSS scheme who are operating in each of the HSE health regions, by county. [33628/24]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2566.To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for ophthalmology in CUH and Mercy Hospital, broken down by whether they are waiting by 3, 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24 months. [33629/24]
    • Dental Services
      2570.To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for dentistry services in the CUH and Cork South Lee, broken down by people waiting by 2, 3, 4 and 5 years. [33633/24]
    • Primary Care Centres
      2572.To ask the Minister for Health if resources are in place to provide a primary healthcare centre in Collinstown, Clondalkin, Dublin 22; if he will provide an update on the provision of this;...
    • Health Services Staff
      2573.To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of vacancies of medical professionals in Mayo University Hospital; the length of time each position has been vacant, in tabular form;...
    • Emergency Departments
      2574.To ask the Minister for Health the status of the emergency department development in Mayo University Hospital. [33668/24]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      2576.To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on lists as both inpatients and outpatients for Mayo University Hospital; the average wait time; the number waiting more than...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2577.To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for elective surgery in Mayo in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [33671/24]
    • Emergency Departments
      2578.To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the average emergency department waiting times in Mayo University Hospital, in tabular form. [33672/24]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      2579.To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for cataract surgery, by county; the average wait time; the number waiting over one, two, three and four years, respectively, by...
    • Departmental Funding
      2580.To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the capital funding provided to Cappagh Hospital from 2019 to 2024, in tabular form. [33676/24]
    • Vaccination Programme
      2582.To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has considered measures to procure some supplies for the 2024-2025 winter flu season; if he will outline the preparatory work carried out by...
    • Ambulance Service
      2584.To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of a 24-hour, 7-days-per-week ambulance service for Arklow and Baltinglass; if this service will be operational in 2024; and if...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Prison Service
      2585.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the work of the Prison Education Taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31226/24]
    • Disability Services
      2586.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of a new staff member in each education and training board to promote disabled students’ participation; and...
    • Third Level Examinations
      2587.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a plan to recognise and use official certifications, such as the European Certificate of Irish, or equivalent qualifications, in...
    • Third Level Fees
      2588.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33152/24]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      2589.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will he provide a breakdown, by county, of the number of craft apprentices currently waiting for off-the-job training, in tabular form; and...
    • Public Sector Pay
      2590.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has engaged with the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform in relation to the...
    • Third Level Costs
      2591.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider introducing a disregard of student income from part-time employment in the overall household reckonable income assessment for...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      2592.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts his Department is making to reduce the delays in apprenticeships in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30995/24]
    • Departmental Funding
      2593.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a projection of income and expenditure to and from the National Training Fund and the size of the NTF reserve out to 2030; and if he...
    • Adult Education Provision
      2595.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new building for an adult education centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31046/24]
    • Third Level Fees
      2596.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to respond to concerns raised in respect of GEM fees (details supplied). [31050/24]
    • Third Level Costs
      2597.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will urgently re-examine the qualifying criteria for SUSI support given the high cost-of-living issues being experienced by families; and...
    • Construction Industry
      2598.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the €750,000 that was provided towards the Careers in Construction Action Plan covering a wide variety of outreach,...
    • Student Accommodation
      2599.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of purpose-built student accommodation units available in Limerick city in September 2024, in tabular form. [31348/24]
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      2600.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of legal cases taken by his Department or by State agencies bodies under his Departments aegis against another Department, Government...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      2601.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount his Department provided to external cleaning companies to provide cleaning personnel for his Department in 2023 and to date in 2024,...
    • Student Accommodation
      2602.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of purpose-built student accommodation units available in County Kerry in September 2024. [31503/24]
    • Seirbhísí Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna
      2603.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Breisoideachais agus Ardoideachais; Taighde; Nuálaíochta agus Eolaíochta maidir le Ceist...
    • International Protection
      2604.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a Ukrainian beneficiary of temporary protection is eligible to participate in the Erasmus programme, particularly where Erasmus is a...
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      2605.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the universities he has visited since his appointment; and the purpose of each visit, in tabular form. [31589/24]
    • Education and Training Provision
      2606.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the development plans for a college in County Tipperary (details supplied); if the Government will consider...
    • Third Level Costs
      2607.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an outcome will be reviewed for a SUSI application by a mature student (details supplied); if there are additional support for mature students...
    • Grant Payments
      2608.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32065/24]
    • Departmental Bodies
      2609.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the operation of a liaison service (details supplied) to ensure it operates in line with other departments and agencies; and if...
    • Third Level Costs
      2610.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of the changes to the student grant scheme in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32197/24]
    • Education and Training Provision
      2611.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the funding allocation to date, and the timeframe for the development of, Cavan Institute as a hub for further education and...
    • Third Level Costs
      2613.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the additional part-time courses which will be eligible for SUSI support in the 2024-2025 academic year. [32473/24]
    • Education and Training Boards
      2615.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason changes have been made by the education and training boards to increase the age at which a person can take up a course (details...
    • Grant Payments
      2616.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a SUSI grant will be reviewed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32739/24]
    • Disability Services
      2617.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the terms of reference for a review of personal assistance services funded from the fund for students with disabilities across...
    • Education and Training Provision
      2618.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans for capital investment in further and higher education facilities in Louth in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      2620.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to streamline apprenticeship access and training; whether there has been engagement with education and training boards and the...
    • Education and Training Provision
      2621.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans for capital investment this year in a further education college in Louth (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Funding
      2623.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current surplus in the national training fund; the uses to which it can be applied; the barriers in place to it’s spend; the spending...
    • Student Accommodation
      2624.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants available for publicly built student accommodation on lands by higher education institutions; the conditions, if any, applied to those...
    • Third Level Fees
      2625.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full year cost of abolishing the student contribution charge; the cost of maintaining the €1,000 reduction into 2023 2024 college...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      2627.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected cost of implementing a living wage for apprentices, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33013/24]
    • International Students
      2628.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost for SUSI to introduce a dedicated translation service for students and their documentation; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Third Level Fees
      2630.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of fully subsidising GEM courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33099/24]
    • Third Level Costs
      2631.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of funding the purchase a full Adobe suite of software for creative students (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      2632.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of creating a North/South mobility creation of a central website for studying cross-Border; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Third Level Costs
      2633.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the maximum amount available for the postgraduate tuition grant to become €8,000 per year; and if he will...
    • Third Level Fees
      2635.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing postgraduate and international fees by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33105/24]
    • Third Level Costs
      2636.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of introducing open access to journal articles for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33111/24]
    • Third Level Education
      2637.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of introducing a national financial aid fund to support international students; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Third Level Fees
      2638.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of extending the fee grant to students studying outside of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33116/24]
    • Third Level Costs
      2639.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of introducing SUSI to students studying fully online courses and those studying micro-credentials; and if he will make a...
    • Period Poverty
      2642.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of introducing a period poverty fund in every higher education institute to allow period products to be distributed to...
    • Further and Higher Education
      2643.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals to increase capacity and availability of courses in digital forensics at further and higher education levels, in view of the...
    • Employment Rights
      2644.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration can be given to reviewing the restriction on a student's own income from part-time work (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Student Accommodation
      2646.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to make available emergency accommodation at the beginning of each academic year for students who are due to commence their education without...
    • Living Wage
      2647.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to pay a living wage to all students engaging with mandatory placement as part of their study. [33276/24]
    • Third Level Costs
      2648.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to provide students on SUSI who partake in mandatory placement an additional maintenance grant of €250 a month like...
    • Student Accommodation
      2649.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to fully fund the provision of 30,000 student beds to bridge the gap in student accommodation. [33278/24]
    • Third Level Education
      2650.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to with abolishing the holiday earnings for SUSI. [33279/24]
    • Third Level Costs
      2651.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost for SUSI grant support be extended beyond the list of approved institutions and courses for example, there are currently nine...
    • Third Level Fees
      2652.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to abolish all post-graduate fees. [33285/24]
    • Irish Language
      2656.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the first- and full-year cost of hiring a full-time teacher to provide Irish-language classes free of charge to members of the public. [33438/24]
    • Third Level Education
      2657.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a breakdown of the number of students from schools in Dublin 9 and Dublin 11 who have progressed to Level 8 and Level 7 third level courses...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      2658.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a breakdown in apprenticeships available in Dublin from 2018 to 2023. [33682/24]
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Rural Schemes
      2659.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the money allocated and disbursed under the local improvement scheme, in each of the years 2019 to 2024; and to clarify if money...
    • Departmental Schemes
      2660.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide clarity on a number of issues regarding the community recognition fund (details supplied). [30975/24]
    • Community Development Projects
      2661.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding streams are available for the construction of a new public horse stables in the Coolock and Darndale area, similar to those...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      2662.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of legal cases taken by her Department or by State agencies bodies under her Departments aegis against another Department,...
    • Rural Schemes
      2663.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a detailed cost of the engineer’s report (details supplied) with regard to the study between Monasterevin, County...
    • Control of Dogs
      2665.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the breakdown of the funding provided to each local authority under the dog control support initiative announced in November 2023; and...
    • Departmental Funding
      2667.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number and details of funding drawn down for projects awarded under the outdoor recreation and infrastructure scheme for the past...
    • Men's Sheds
      2668.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the men's sheds and women’s sheds funded in Dublin south-west in the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      2669.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if local authorities are permitted to use private contractors to complete local improvement scheme applications for roads; and if she...
    • Control of Dogs
      2670.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her attention has been drawn to the policy of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to euthanise healthy dogs that are surrendered...
    • Community Development Projects
      2672.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will review and reverse the decision by Pobal not to grant additional community services programme funding to a resource centre...
    • Voluntary Sector
      2673.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the financial assistance available to a person (details supplied) towards the work of a club; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Invasive Species Policy
      2674.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has considered enhanced funding for community organisations which her Department funds or partially funds to encourage them to...
    • Departmental Funding
      2675.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding provided to Galway County Council each year since 2020 for the town and village renewal scheme, broken down by municipal...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      2681.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of grant aid for capital projects such as community groups; if she will list the various schemes, deadlines and capital...
    • Community Development Projects
      2683.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on a project (details supplied); whether her Department has allocated money for an overall master plan for this project;...
    • Control of Dogs
      2686.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the instructions she intends to give local authority animal control sections regarding the rehoming of currently impounded XL bully...
    • Offshore Islands
      2687.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the allocation of funding to Galway Rural Development for each of the current five years for the administration and running of the...
    • Departmental Funding
      2689.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on an application for funding (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32493/24]
    • Community Development Projects
      2690.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of community centres in County Wicklow; when they were built; the building cost; the annual funding and refurbishment...
    • Library Services
      2692.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of libraries in County Wicklow, according to location; how long they have been in use; the annual funding allocated, in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      2693.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the precise criteria by which an applicant may qualify for the local improvement scheme, given that applicants are having difficulty...
    • Rural Schemes
      2694.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an application has been received from a company (details supplied) to enable it to continue to provide maintenance to an iconic...
    • Harbours and Piers
      2695.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 40 of 20 June 2024, for an update on the work of the steering committee tasked with monitoring...
    • Land Issues
      2696.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 20 June 2024, the status of the transfer to her Department of land on Inisbofin on which...
    • Control of Dogs
      2699.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the work being carried out by the stakeholders’ group on control of dogs issues; and if she will make a...
    • Rural Schemes
      2700.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 9 May 2024, if she will detail any application made by Louth County Council for remedial...
    • Departmental Funding
      2701.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated to each county under the rural regeneration and development fund programme in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and...
    • Rural Schemes
      2702.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to detail her Department’s plan to invest in amenities for the Bandon area in County Cork. [33509/24]
    • Departmental Funding
      2703.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated to each county under the town and village renewal scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024,...
    • Rural Schemes
      2704.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the uptake of supports provided by her Department to rejuvenate town centres and high streets at the county level; whether she has...

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